In an update to lawmakers, the DOC reported a population of 487 at Stillwater and scaled-down staffing as the facility works toward full closure by 2029. Inmates’ cells at Minnesota Correctional ...

The Minnesota Department of Corrections has reduced the Stillwater prison population by 60% as it prepares to close the facility. In January, more than 1,200 inmates were at the 111-year-old prison.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Stillwater prison looks, smells and sounds like a completely different place these days. As Minnesota Department of ...

We’re heartened to see even the smallest increase in human dignity behind bars, like the earned living unit at Stillwater Correctional Facility: Men sleeping safely in their own cells; “high” wages ...

Daniel Gonzales pressed a tattoo needle into Israel Ray Gaitan’s bare back, where a Mayan calendar spanned Gaitan’s shoulder blades. Gonzales had already logged 30 hours tattooing the elaborate design ...

Travis “Leo” Leonard recently spent 30 hours tattooing an elaborate Japanese-inspired artwork on a customer at No Joke Tattoo Studios in White Bear Lake. The large tattoo, done mostly in black, fills ...

Since then, the department has moved nearly 750 people, mostly to the Rush City and Lino Lakes prisons. The transfers mark the start of a sweeping, yearslong realignment of Minnesota’s prison system — ...