Tag: Paul Schnell
Walz DOC investigates ‘potential data breach’ that exposed admin’s efforts to...
A taxpayer-funded investigation is underway by the Department of Corrections for what it calls a “potential data breach” after an Alpha News story exposed...
‘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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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...
Lawsuit: Minnesota DOC canceled Christian rehab program for conflicting with DEI
A federal lawsuit filed Monday argues that the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) violated the First Amendment when it abruptly canceled a Christian rehab...
2 more corrections officers assaulted in last 12 days
Two more corrections officers were assaulted in the last 12 days, with one sent to the hospital Tuesday morning for evaluation.
“At approximately 7:15 this...
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...
‘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...