A memo from the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) is outlining plans to begin reducing inmate population at the Stillwater prison, which is slated to close.

STILLWATER, Minn. (FOX 9) - The State of Minnesota will be closing the aging prison in Stillwater in phases, with a full closure expected by the end of June 2029.

The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) says its Stillwater prison will be undergoing a phased closure as part of the state’s economic plan, as well as decrease the amount of current ...

Part of the budget deal could include closing Stillwater Prison 02:17. Minnesota's Stillwater correctional facility is set to close by 2029, as part of a budget agreement struck by the Legislature ...

Criminal justice advocates say Minnesota officials are moving too slow in implementing the Minnesota Rehabilitation and ...

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 ...

Stillwater Prison remains on lockdown after 100-plus inmates refused to return to their cells for ho 01:52. STILLWATER, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Corrections says an emergency ...

A former Minnesota corrections officer was sentenced Friday to just over two years in federal prison for teaming up with an inmate to smuggle methamphetamine into the Stillwater state prison in 2022.

BAYPORT, Minn. — The state of Minnesota announced plans to shutter the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Stillwater in a phased closure, a move some employees and labor unions strongly oppose.

A former Stillwater prison inmate was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison Tuesday for distributing methamphetamine to fellow inmates with help from a corrections officer who smuggled in the ...

A former Stillwater prison inmate was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison Tuesday for distributing methamphetamine to fellow inmates with help from a corrections officer who smuggled in the drug.

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 ...