A plan to close Stillwater prison caught many people by surprise, including lawmakers who ultimately voted to do that as part ...

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Stillwater prison is an 111-year-old facility with old-fashioned metal bars, no air conditioning in the cells and an estimated $180 million in deferred maintenance costs. But staff and men serving ...

Minnesota is getting ready to close a state prison​ for the first time in more than 100 years. WCCO got an inside look at the changes coming to the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater, and what ...

While more than half of the population has transferred to other facilities in the DOC system, some have transferred in.

Stillwater Prison. Photo courtesy of Minnesota Department of Corrections. Since the 1980s, Minnesota has chosen to inflate our incarceration rate by 400%, without reference to safety, dismantling ...

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 facility.

The phased closure of Minnesota Correctional Facility–Stillwater has been confirmed by state officials on Thursday. The closure of Minnesota's second largest prison will take place over the next four ...

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Hundreds of inmates have already left Stillwater Correctional Facility as part of a years-long plan to close the aging prison. The closure, announced by legislative leaders and Gov. Tim Walz in May as ...

Minnesota lawmakers are calling for more transparency and a public hearing on the Stillwater prison’s closure as hundreds of inmates have already been transferred. Five Republican senators — Warren ...