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 ...

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 ...

The decision to close the second-oldest prison in Minnesota continues to trouble some state lawmakers. They’ve been raising questions ever since May 15, when Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders ...

The Minnesota Department of Corrections has reduced the Stillwater prison population by 60% as it prepares to close the facility. In January, more than 1,200 inmates were at the 111-year-old prison.

Minnesota Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell updated the Minnesota Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee on Thursday, while some Republican lawmakers continue to lament the lack of input on ...