The Department of Corrections requested ongoing funding in the budget for 788 state prison beds to the tune of $2.4 million ...

The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) says its Stillwater prison will be undergoing a phased closure as part of the state’s economic plan, as well as decrease the amount of current health and ...

Thanks to a chronic workforce shortage and growing demands within the state prison system, seven correction officers and their superiors received more take-home pay than the state’s highest-paid ...

In a startling shake-up, Department of Corrections Commissioner Helen Hanks resigned from her job without comment Monday. Gov. Kelly Ayotte also put the assistant corrections commissioner on immediate ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The South Dakota Department of Corrections (DOC) staff identified another attempt at introducing contraband Thursday at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls.