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Minnesota DOC orders Hennepin County to reduce jail population after finding staff negligence
According to a Minnesota Department of Corrections report, the county’s jails at Minneapolis City Hall and a newer Public ...
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MN Department of Corrections starts new mail delivery system to halt contraband
The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) is now using a new mail delivery system meant to stop drugs and contraband from ...
'This is a national problem' | MN DOC makes changes to mail system in wake of synthetic drugs found inside prisons
Since January, the DOC says 70 inmates have been hospitalized due to exposure to synthetic drugs, often sent through the mail ...
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3rd-party mail scanning is coming to Minnesota’s prisons after numerous drug incidents
The Minnesota Dept. of Corrections signed a contract with TextBehind to scan incoming prison mail. Officials say it will ...
Minnesota prison guard describes dangerous encounters with drug smuggling: "It's scary for everyone"
So far this year, the Department of Corrections says there have been at least 70 cases of suspected overdoses in state ...
Minnesota prisons will no longer recieve direct mail in step to stop drug smuggling
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota prisons will stop receiving direct mail on Nov. 1 after state officials announced another new ...
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Manhunt in Minnesota for parolee accused of killing pregnant ex-wife
He was on work release and living at a halfway house, but he had been granted a pass to visit a woman described in the ...
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Advocate for 'gender affirming care' for prisoners named by AG Garland to corrections advisory board
Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Cheryl Strange, a key figure in "gender-affirming care" for trans inmates, to the a federal corrections advisory board.