STILLWATER, Minn. (WCCO)-- The new head of the Minnesota Department of Corrections is entering his second week on the job on Monday and there are challenges after a deadly year for officers. WCCO ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --The Minnesota Department of Corrections is seeking applicants for a highly specialized job -- tattoo supervisor.The corrections department posted the job late last week, and ...

The ACLU of Minnesota filed a class-action suit in April, alleging the failures of the Corrections Department to deal with the COVID-19 infections at the Moose Lake facility. St.

The Minnesota Department of Corrections is seeking nearly $112 million from the state Legislature for capital projects. The department operates 11 prisons statewide, including this Rush City ...

The Minnesota Department of Corrections is investigating a potential drug-related death at the Stillwater prison after a 22-year-old incarcerated man was found unresponsive in his cell early ...

A top official at the Minnesota Department of Corrections resigned Friday, saying she’d prefer to push for reform “from the outside.” The resignation of Sarah Walker comes while she is under ...

Minnesotans spend over $535 million locking up about 8,300 people in our prisons: an astronomical average of $65,000 per ...

A Hibbing man convicted of manslaughter in the 2017 death of a baby in a house fire is now a wanted fugitive. Jesse ...

Brom committed one of the most brutal crimes seen in Minnesota and has served 37 years in prison with no serious incident.

The Minnesota Department of Corrections would pay more than $70,000 to disabled inmates discriminated against by its educational policies while making changes under a proposed agreement with the ...