MINNEAPOLIS -- Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was put into a prison's segregated housing unit for his own safety, a prison spokesperson said, after Chauvin was found guilty of the ...

At Minnesota’s most secure prison, in Oak Park Heights, one wing functions more like a nursing home than a cell block. Men in hospital gowns sleep in adjustable medical beds, and wheelchairs crowd the ...

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.

Stephen Washington was a father, an entrepreneur and loved football, which he played at Minneapolis’ Edison High School, his ...

RUSH CITY, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Corrections continues to investigate the Oct. 9 death of Stephen Washington in ...