Tag: Prison
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...
EXCLUSIVE: After being stabbed 22 times, Derek Chauvin suffers setbacks, double...
In November 2023, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was copying documents in a law library at a federal prison in Tucson when he...
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...