A memo from the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) is outlining plans to begin reducing inmate population at the Stillwater prison, which is slated to close.

Criminal justice advocates say Minnesota officials are moving too slow in implementing the Minnesota Rehabilitation and Reinvestment Act to release people from prison earlier.

Commissioner Paul Schnell says the goal is to reduce Stillwater's inmate population from nearly 1,200 to around 562 by mid-September ...

Employment opportunities are growing in Rochester; Man has been charged in North Shore tunnel crash; and more.

He was serving a 14-year prison sentence for a voluntary manslaughter conviction when the deadly attack occurred.

Some people selflessly use the cards they’ve been dealt in life to make the game easier for the person next to them. For Channae Haller, her mission to help the downtrodden came to her while she was ...

He called troopers at 12:04 a.m. Saturday, after becoming trapped inside the former Downstate Correctional Facility on Red Schoolhouse Road. Troopers said they found the man inside one of the cells.

Unrest in a prison northeast of Nashville has been contained, the sheriff says, and all prisoners returned to their cells after officers sprayed chemical agents into the prison yard.

Two wells in Stillwater – Well No. 6 and Well No. 10 – were found to contain PFAS at levels above health-based guidance values for drinking water. An additional well, Well No. 9, contains PFAS ...

A 19-year-old visiting an abandoned prison to take photos needed rescuing when he “became trapped in a cell ” at the former New York correctional center, authorities said. After calling for ...

A man trespassing at an abandoned New York prison for photos got trapped in a cell, then arrested by troopers, state police say. He faces a criminal charge.

A 19-year-old visiting an abandoned prison to take photos needed rescuing when he “became trapped in a cell ” at the former New York correctional center, authorities said. After calling for ...