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With upcoming closure of Stillwater prison, inmates’ legal documents at risk, group says

  • The Minnesota Department of Corrections is closing Stillwater prison, forcing inmates to downsize their legal document storage, risking loss of important papers, according to Boehnke.
  • Up to 100 men face the risk of having their legally approved documents destroyed or needing to be transferred to another facility, according to Boehnke.
  • The DOC is reducing electronic storage for legal documents from 50MB to 20MB, with files not modified in one year being deleted.
  • Michelle Gross emphasized that losing access to legal resources adds to the punishment already faced by those incarcerated.
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With upcoming closure of Stillwater prison, inmates’ legal documents at risk, group says

With the planned closing of the Stillwater prison, the Minnesota Department of Corrections has notified inmates they need to downsize their storage bins — and for some that means picking between their legal documents and personal belongings, advocacy groups said Monday. The DOC is also decreasing the amount of electronic storage space for legal and academic documents for people who are imprisoned throughout the state. “There is a concerted assau…

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Pioneer Press broke the news in Saint Paul, United States on Monday, August 11, 2025.
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