Minnesota will shut down the state’s aging Stillwater prison by mid-2029, a move that will lead to layoffs among 565 staff members and require the state to relocate nearly 1,200 inmates. The ...

BAYPORT, Minn. — The state of Minnesota announced plans to shutter the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Stillwater in a phased closure, a move some employees and labor unions strongly oppose.

DOC officials say the closure – which will be done in two phases – will save the state $40 million each year. The Stillwater prison, which was built in 1914 and is the second-oldest facility ...

BAYPORT, Minn. — State leaders have agreed to a “phased closure” of the Stillwater state prison which will be completed in 2029, citing safety and costly maintenance concerns at the historic ...

State leaders have agreed to a “phased closure” of the Stillwater state prison which will be completed in 2029, citing safety and costly maintenance concerns at the historic facility.

Minnesota's Stillwater correctional facility is set to close by 2029, ... The four-year phased closure will result in annual state savings of $40 million.

State leaders have agreed to a “phased closure” of the Stillwater state prison which will be completed in 2029, citing safety and costly maintenance concerns at the historic facility. The ...

A former Minnesota corrections officer was sentenced Friday to just over two years in federal prison for teaming up with an inmate to smuggle methamphetamine into the Stillwater state prison in 2022.

Stillwater State Prison has a 170-year history. It was established by an act of the territorial legislature in February of 1851, accepting the first prisoners in 1853.

STILLWATER, Minn. (WCCO)-- An inmate attack inside an eastern Minnesota prison left two guards requiring hospitalization over the weekend, according to the Minnesota Department of Corrections.

In 1920, when the state opened a reformatory for women, the Minnesota State Prison at Stillwater became a men’s facility. The 1960s and 1970s saw an increase in upheaval at the prison.