Tag: Department of corrections
Ex-wife of DOC commissioner pleads guilty to attempted murder of disabled...
The ex-wife of Minnesota Department of Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell has pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder after admitting she tried to kill their...
‘A nightmare’: Female inmate describes ‘traumatic’ experience of being housed with...
An inmate at Minnesota’s Shakopee women’s prison says she’s been traumatized by the state’s policy allowing transgender-identifying males to be housed alongside female prisoners—calling...
DOC won’t say if taxpayers footed the bill for male inmate’s...
A Minnesota male prison inmate who identifies as a "transgender woman" recently received breast implants while incarcerated at the Stillwater prison, sources say, but...
Minnesota to move biological male inmate to all-female facility, pay for...
Under a settlement reached this week, the Minnesota Department of Corrections has agreed to transfer a biological male inmate who identifies as a woman...
DOC commissioner appeared on podcast with ex-inmate who assaulted officer
Department of Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell recently appeared on a podcast with Maurice Ward, a former inmate who assaulted a corrections officer.
“I appreciate the...
Guard in love with murderer brought him cellphones and meth to...
A corrections officer worked with a convicted murderer and gang member who she was in a "romantic relationship" with to sell methamphetamine in MCF–Stillwater,...