Prison Budget Cuts Could Put Public Safety At Risk
The Minnesota Corrections Department says prison budget cuts proposed by Republican majorities in the House and Senate are so deep, public safety is at risk.
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The Minnesota Corrections Department says prison budget cuts proposed by Republican majorities in the House and Senate are so deep, public safety is at risk.
A 27-year-old Minneapolis man has been sentenced to 38 years in prison for the Nov. 9, 2010 murder of a 28-year-old man, according to the Ramsey County Attorney's Office.
More than 40 percent of ex-cons commit crimes within three years of their release and wind up back behind bars, despite billions in taxpayer dollars spent on prison systems that are supposed to help rehabilitate them, according to a study released Wednesday.
A Minnesota woman has been sentenced to a year in prison for a North Dakota rollover accident that killed a passenger.
Christi Rowan filed court papers on Friday asking to be sentenced to the lowest possible sentence under the sentencing guidelines.
On Friday morning, former auto dealer Denny Hecker finds out how much time he'll serve in prison.
A new agreement aims to stop federal prisoners from collecting bogus tax refunds in their cells.
A Minnesota man who lied to FBI agents investigating the travels of young men who may have joined a terror group in Somalia has reported to federal prison to serve his sentence.
Iowa prisoners could soon be making their own toilet paper to save taxpayers money and provide jobs.
A 26-year-old Hutchinson man was sentenced to 33 months in prison for reporting a false bomb threat to the FBI, according to the United States Attorney's Office.
The privately run Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton may reopen and house prisoners from California.
