The prison’s capacity is set to be half, or 553, by Oct. 1, and the population as of this week is 487 incarcerated persons.

Minnesota’s Corrections Commissioner is giving a status update Thursday to the state Senate Judiciary Committee on the steps ...

The plan came together in closed-door meetings between Governor Tim Walz and legislative leaders without hearings or input from rank-and-file legislators.

Minnesota's Stillwater correctional facility is set to close by 2029, as part of a budget agreement struck by the Legislature. The facility houses between 1,100 and 1,200 inmates and employs roughly ...

Members of inmate rights organizations gathered Thursday in Bayport to demand input into the Minnesota Department of Corrections’ plan to shutter the Stillwater prison by 2029. Among their demands: No ...

A lawsuit by two Stillwater prison inmates said their hearing loss diminished their access to prison notifications. A settlement aimed to address the concerns, though one inmate said problems persist.

The Minnesota Department of Corrections confirms to 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS that several staff members at MCF-Stillwater were taken to the hospital today. They say it was out of an abundance of caution.

Top Minnesota lawmakers and Gov. Tim Walz reached a budget deal with just a handful of days left in the legislative session, but there are signs it could face a bumpy ride as the Monday deadline to ...

Stephen Swanson is a web producer at CBS News Minnesota. Stephen was a floor director for a decade before moving to the WCCO-TV newsroom in 2011, where he focuses on general assignment reporting.

A former Stillwater prison inmate was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison Tuesday for distributing methamphetamine to fellow inmates with help from a corrections officer who smuggled in the drug.