A growing inmate population is prompting the state Department of Corrections to seek $74.9 million to expand the existing prison at Faribault. The request will be one of the most expensive bonding ...

FARIBAULT, Minn. — A correctional officer at a southern Minnesota prison is accused of smuggling drugs to one of the inmates earlier this month, authorities announced Wednesday. The guard, 43-year-old ...

FARIBAULT, Minn. — The family and friends of inmates at Minnesota's largest prison are accusing state officials of withholding information about a series of lockdowns over the past several months. In ...

One family member says the upsurge of drug overdoses at Faribault prison is creating roadblocks for her incarcerated loved one. Gerri says there are overdoses multiple times in just a matter of weeks.

FARIBAULT — Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon has been making the rounds to the state's correctional facilities to explain to incarcerated people their voting rights once they are out of prison ...