State orders Hennepin County jail to reduce inmate numbers amid deaths and inadequate staffing
Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt says she will appeal the order from the Minnesota Department of Corrections because it's ...
Hennepin County jail ordered to reduce its population, Sheriff Witt intends to appeal
The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) is ordering the Hennepin County jail to reduce its inmate population in order ...
'This is a national problem' | MN DOC makes changes to mail system in wake of synthetic drugs found inside prisons
Since January, the DOC says 70 inmates have been hospitalized due to exposure to synthetic drugs, often sent through the mail ...
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3rd-party mail scanning is coming to Minnesota’s prisons after numerous drug incidents
The Minnesota Dept. of Corrections signed a contract with TextBehind to scan incoming prison mail. Officials say it will ...
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Minnesota prison guard describes dangerous encounters with drug smuggling: "It's scary for everybody"
The nausea and vomiting were escalating our symptoms," she said. "It's scary for everybody." So far this year, the Minnesota ...
Minnesota prisons will no longer recieve direct mail in step to stop drug smuggling
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota prisons will stop receiving direct mail on Nov. 1 after state officials announced another new ...
Man on parole for 2008 murder is now accused of killing pregnant wife months after his prison release
Stowers was released from prison on March 28 on parole for the killing of a man in 2008. Prison officials said he was living ...
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MN Department of Corrections starts new mail delivery system to halt contraband
The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) is now using a new mail delivery system meant to stop drugs and contraband from ...
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Manhunt in Minnesota for parolee accused of killing pregnant ex-wife
He was on work release and living at a halfway house, but he had been granted a pass to visit a woman described in the ...
Minnesota DOC Commissioner explains changes to mail system
Mail will now be sent to Maryland to be screened by TextBehind, who will copy the mail and send it to Minnesota prisons.
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Department of Corrections investigating death of a juvenile at Red Wing correctional facility
According to Shannon Loehrke, the DOC's communications director, the facility's staff found a juvenile resident unresponsive ...
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Prison labor responsible for some UMN furniture
MINNCOR is a program created by the Minnesota Department of Corrections to provide offenders job skills to support positive behavior and successful transition into the community at no cost to ...