The prison’s capacity is set to be half, or 553, by Oct. 1, and the population as of this week is 487 incarcerated persons.

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 ...

Two years after Minnesota passed a law allowing inmates to shorten their sentences through rehabilitation, only six people ...

The phased closure of Minnesota Correctional Facility–Stillwater has been confirmed by state officials on Thursday. The closure of Minnesota's second largest prison will take place over the next four ...

Minnesota lawmakers are calling for more transparency and a public hearing on the Stillwater prison’s closure as hundreds of inmates have already been transferred. Five Republican senators — Warren ...

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 health and ...

1. Back in time: The one and only Lena Rumpf ( hometownsource.com) — Lena Rumpf, a beloved character in Stillwater, was known ...

In an update to lawmakers, the DOC reported a population of 487 at Stillwater and scaled-down staffing as the facility works toward full closure by 2029. Inmates' cells at Stillwater Correctional ...