Tag: Minnesota Department of Corrections
EXCLUSIVE: Inmates in men’s prison provided with ‘women’s undergarments,’ ‘mascara,’ and...
Banning male inmates from women's prisons in Minnesota — Rep. Mary Franson, R-Alexandria, has made it one of her missions this session in St....
‘This is about protecting women’: Committee hears Rep. Franson’s bill banning...
Legislation that would ban biological males from being housed in the state's only female prison, Minnesota Correctional Facility-Shakopee, is moving through the state legislature.
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EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Franson to introduce legislation banning men from being placed...
Rep. Mary Franson, R-Alexandria, will be introducing legislation which would prevent men from being housed in or transferred to Minnesota Correction Facility-Shakopee, Minnesota's only...
DFL legislator shuts down discussion of trans prison policy at committee...
Last year, the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) instituted a policy which allows incarcerated men who identify as female to transfer to the state's...
EXCLUSIVE: Inmate calls Alpha News about ‘scary’ trans policy allowing men in...
The following is a transcript from a phone call to Alpha News journalist Liz Collin from Chaos Bell, an inmate at Minnesota’s Correctional Facility...
REPORT: Female inmates forced to share shower with biological male at...
Female inmates are being forced to share a shower with a biological male at the Shakopee Minnesota Correctional Facility, according to reports by Reduxx.
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Lawmaker calls for House hearings on drugs arriving in prison mail,...
A Minnesota state representative is calling for House hearings after dangerous drugs arriving in the mail have been sending correctional workers to the hospital...
Minnesota’s flag and seal redesign to cost one state agency $2.1...
Minnesota’s decision to redesign its state flag and seal is set to cost state agencies and local governments millions of dollars, with no additional...
EXCLUSIVE: Minnesota DOC employee quits after male inmates allowed in women’s...
A longtime Department of Corrections (DOC) employee has left her career after biological men are now being allowed in Shakopee state prison—Minnesota's only prison...
EXCLUSIVE: Firm staffed with former Walz education commissioner received lucrative government...
In 2023, an education consultancy firm staffed with a former Walz commissioner received a government contract worth up to almost $400,000 from the Minnesota...