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Deadline approaches for Hennepin Co. Jail to cut 150 inmates after deaths, staffing violations

The Hennepin County Jail has until Thursday afternoon to slash its population size, but the sheriff's office says it needs more time to move nearly 150 inmates.

Deadline nearing for reduction of Hennepin County Jail inmate population

An order from the Minnesota Department of Corrections says the inmate population needs to be lowered to under 600.

Minnesota DOC orders Hennepin County to reduce jail population after finding staff negligence

A Minnesota Department of Corrections report says the county jail failed to complete mandatory wellness checks and have appropriate staffing on multiple occasions.

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Hennepin County to pay $3.4 million to the family of Lucas Bellamy following his jail death

Video showed Lucas Bellamy begging for medical help while behind bars, but he never got the help he needed. He later died in his cell from a perforated bowel.

Hennepin Co. Jail faces deadline to reduce inmates

The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office was ordered to reduce its jail inmate population to 600 by noon on Thursday, Nov. 14. Sheriff Dawanna Witt says the order, which came from the Minnesota Department of Corrections,

Drugs keep finding their way into Minnesota prisons. Did DOC find a solution?

Whether it’s a Winnie-the-Pooh greeting card decorated with a profession of love, legal mail from what appears to be defense ...

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MN Supreme Court orders new trial for man convicted of killing robber outside Eagan hotel

In an opinion filed Wednesday, the Minnesota Supreme Court reversed a Minnesota Court of Appeals decision and remanded the ...

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'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 ...

Minnesota prison guard describes dangerous encounters with drug smuggling: "It's scary for everybody"

The nausea and vomiting were escalating our symptoms," she said. "It's scary for everybody." So far this year, the ...

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$3.4M settlement reached in death of Penumbra Theatre founder’s son in jail

The founder of St. Paul’s Penumbra Theatre has reached a $3.4 million settlement over his 41-year-old son’s death in the ...

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Hennepin County will pay $3.4M to family of man who died in jail

Last week, the Minnesota Department of Corrections ordered the Hennepin County Jail to reduce its population because of ...

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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 ...

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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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