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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 Minnesota Correction Facility – Stillwater (MCF-STW) is a close custody (level 4) state prison for men in Bayport, Minnesota, United States. Built 1910–1914, it houses 1,600 inmates in seven different living areas. Additionally, approximately 100 inmates are housed in a nearby minimum security area.
In modern times pay-to-stay programs have been noted for their low debt collection rate that often range between 10 and 15 percent due to people being in pay-to-stay being much more likely to suffer from poverty; over a two fiscal year period, Eaton County, Michigan collected only around 5% of over $1 million charged in pay-to-stay fees.
Minnesota Correctional Facility – St. Cloud (MCF-St. Cloud) is a state prison in St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States. Established in 1889 as the Minnesota State Reformatory for Men , it is a level four, close-security institution with an inmate population of about 1,000 men. [ 3 ]
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Commissary list, circa 2013. A prison commissary [1] or canteen [2] is a store within a correctional facility, from which inmates may purchase products such as hygiene items, snacks, writing instruments, etc. Typically inmates are not allowed to possess cash; [3] instead, they make purchases through an account with funds from money contributed by friends, family members, etc., or earned as wages.
On January 1, 2008 more than 1 in 100 adults in the United States were in prison or jail. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Total U.S. incarceration peaked in 2008. [ 5 ] The U.S. incarceration rate was the highest in the world in 2008. [ 4 ]
High Desert is one of the largest prisons in the United States, and is a medium security facility. High Desert is structurally the most secure prison in the Nevada Department of Corrections. [citation needed] In September 2024, Nevada's death row inmates were transferred to High Desert State Prison from Ely State Prison. As a result High Desert ...