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DOC faces criticism for separating officer from his K9

A recent decision to separate a corrections officer from his K9 partner has sparked outrage in the law enforcement community. Corrections Canine Officer Bernie Henninger...

Chronic offender evades justice for assault on corrections officer

Alpha News was inside the Anoka County Courthouse Monday morning to see for ourselves Minnesota’s revolving door. It started with an assault inside a prison...

‘It’s liberal mayhem,’ former corrections officer says of state prisons

Bryan Milliron, who served as a corrections officer at the Stillwater prison for 32 years, retired last summer but is speaking out after a...

7 corrections officers assaulted over 4 days

Seven corrections officers were injured by inmates over a period of just four days last week. “We will take every appropriate action to stop these...

Democrats look to make ‘big change’ to corrections in Minnesota

Minnesota Democrats have introduced a bill that would allow inmates to earn early release credits, an idea that Commissioner of Corrections Paul Schnell called...

Minnesota Department of Corrections expands abortion coverage for inmates 

The Minnesota Department of Corrections will now pay for any inmate’s abortion, regardless of the reasons for seeking the procedure, according to a new...

Whistleblowers: Convicted criminals allowed to remain on streets after violating parole

Across Minnesota crimes are surging, carjackings are at an all-time high, and Minneapolis alone is on a record pace for homicides this year. Minnesotans have...

A closer look at Minnesota’s free food fraud with Bill Glahn

Bill Glahn from the Center of the American Experiment shed more light on the alleged Feeding Our Future scandal in a recent interview with...

Corrections officer arrested for bringing drugs into Stillwater prison

A corrections officer at the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater in Bayport was recently arrested for arranging to bring an inmate a half-pound of drugs. Faith Rose...

Taxpayer tattoos: Minnesota offers up to $87K for new prison ‘tattoo...

A job board maintained by the state of Minnesota is offering a prison "tattoo supervisor" position that could pay up to $87,000 with benefits. The...