After watching free agency and the 2025 NFL Draft come and go, it's been relatively quiet for star players like Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson. Sure, there's minicamp and full-on ...

Allegations that a biological male inmate, identifying as transgender and housed in Minnesota’s sole women’s prison, hoarded bottles of semen with the purported aim of impregnating female inmates have ...

A woman convicted of wire fraud and money laundering for her role in a $250 million pandemic fraud scheme has been sentenced to prison and ... for the District of Minnesota. As the owner and ...

MPR News’ Mark Zdechlik reports: “Advocates for people incarcerated at the Minnesota Corrections Facility in Stillwater say they want inmate concerns considered as officials work toward ...

T.O.N.E. U.P. Inc. executive director Antonio Williams says the concerns of incarcerated people need to be paramount as the state shuts down the Minnesota Corrections Facility -Stillwater on Thursday.

Legislation that sets in motion the closure of Minnesota's second largest prison over the next four years is on its way to Gov. Tim Walz's desk for signature. Closing the Stillwater Correctional ...

The Minnesota Senate on Sunday night in a 34-33 vote passed a public safety bill that includes the closure of the 111-year-old state prison in Stillwater. It’s a key part of the budget deal that ...

Top Minnesota lawmakers and Gov ... A proposal to close the 111-year-old Stillwater state prison in Bayport is meeting pushback as well. As a group of legislators and clergy held a news conference ...

Paul Schnell, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Corrections, held a press conference on Thursday shortly after the announcement of the prison closure. “While it has a long history ...

The Office of the Ombuds for Corrections raised concern about the deteriorating infrastructure at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Stillwater in a report released in February 2024.

“The conditions within Stillwater have deteriorated to the point that it compromises safety, efficiency and operational integrity,” Minnesota Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell said at a ...