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Inmate murdered at Lino Lakes prison, DOC suspects

The Minnesota Department of Corrections is investigating a suspected homicide at the Lino Lakes prison Thursday morning. A 63-year-old man serving a 19.5-year sentence was...

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...

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...

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...

REPORT: Biden’s IRS handed prison inmates over $1 billion in COVID...

(Daily Caller News Foundation) — President Joe Biden’s Internal Revenue Service (IRS) gave a huge number of prison inmates at least $1.3 billion in...

Hennepin County surveys inmates on ‘quality of life,’ refers to them...

An internal survey given to inmates at the Hennepin County Adult Corrections Facility refers to them as "residents." The survey, sent to all incarcerated inmates...

Trans prisoner sues state, wants to get ‘bottom surgery’ in prison

An activist law firm is helping a transgender Minnesota inmate sue the Department of Corrections partly because authorities aren't letting the prisoner pursue "gender-affirming"...

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...

Man charged with murdering 18-year-old 2 days after being released from...

(Daily Caller News Foundation) — A New Jersey inmate allegedly shot and killed an 18-year-old man two days after he was released from prison...