The assault occurred around 7:30 p.m. and the sergeant has since been released from the hospital, according to the Minnesota Department of Corrections.

An Oak Park Heights prison inmate has been sentenced to 15 additional years after pleading guilty to punching a correctional sergeant, who lost vision in one of her eyes as a result.

Prison leaders say K-9s weren't native to Oak Park Heights and were brought to the prison several years ago. With that implementation came a need for a training facility.

A corrections officer conducts a routine check of the cells at the Oak Park Heights prison in 2022. Seven corrections officers suffered injuries in separate incidents at two Minnesota prisons this ...

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Speaking the other day from Soldotna, Alaska, Weber, of the Twin Cities, was on a 50-state adventure cooked up while he was still working at Minnesota Correctional Facility-Oak Park Heights.

Speaking the other day from Soldotna, Alaska, Weber, of the Twin Cities, was on a 50-state adventure cooked up while he was still working at Minnesota Correctional Facility-Oak Park Heights.

Oak Park Heights is a maximum-security prison about 25 miles east of Minneapolis. Chauvin, who had been out on bail for months, was handcuffed and taken to the facility immediately after the 12 ...

Chauvin on Tuesday was taken to a state prison -- the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Oak Park Heights -- to await sentencing, Department of Corrections spokesperson Sarah Fitzgerald said.