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The Minnesota Department of Corrections is a state law enforcement agency of Minnesota that operates prisons. Its headquarters is in St. Paul. [1] As of 2010, the state of Minnesota does not contract with private prisons. [2] The first and only private prison in the state, the Prairie Correctional Facility, was closed by its owner in 2010. [3] [4]
The city of Laporte was founded in 1901 and incorporated as a city in 1908. The city had a period of prosperity where it had a train depot, a hotel (which was torn down to make a filling station), a bank (which was subject to an explosion in the 1930s), and a pickle factory (which burned down in the first half of the 20th century).
The Prairie Correctional Facility is a vacant, 1,600-bed private prison located in Appleton, Minnesota. Prairie was built by the city of Appleton and first opened, empty, in 1992. In March 1993 the city reached an agreement with the Puerto Rico Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to fill all 516 beds.
The prison is in Bayport about 25 miles (40 kilometers) east of Minneapolis, which was under an afternoon heat advisory for temperatures approaching 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.7 Celsius).
The bill is a starting point for a fundamental shift in jail and prison treatment and transition services, said Jeremy Drucker, Minnesota's first addiction and recovery director, who made the ...
Minnesota Correctional Facility – Faribault; Minnesota Correctional Facility – Red Wing; Minnesota Correctional Facility – Stillwater; Minnesota Correctional Facility – Willow River/Moose Lake
About 100 inmates at Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater refused to return to their cells on Sept. 3 amid dangerously high temperatures in the region. Tests show drinking water is safe at a ...
FCI Waseca opened in 1995 as an all-male facility. It used many of the buildings from the former college. In 2006, FCI Waseca received its most high-profile prisoner when Jeffrey Skilling, CEO of the now defunct Enron Corporation was sent there after he was convicted of insider trading, securities fraud and other charges for making a $60 million profit by selling company stock in anticipation ...