Minnesota DOC outlines plans to move inmates from Stillwater prison ahead of closure

Minnesota DOC outlines plans to move inmates from Stillwater prison ahead of closure

A memo from the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) is outlining plans to begin reducing inmate population at the Stillwater prison, which is slated to close.

Updates on the Stillwater prison closure

Minnesota is moving ahead with the layered process of shutting down the oldest and largest prison in its corrections system, KARE 11 reports. Commissioner Paul Schnell says inmate transfers to other facilities have already begun, while decisions on what programs remain at Stillwater are being made. MPR News says a man has been charged in the North Shore tunnel crash that injured two construction workers. The crash happened in the Lafayette Bluff…