"No one wants to be a corrections officer anymore," said Sheriff Brad Peterson
In 2018, an inmate attacked and killed CO Joseph Gomm at the Stillwater prison
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The officer was punched in the head when he attempted to break up a fight
Other incentives being offered: walk-in interviews and a streamlined interview process
Detention Deputy Mark Anderson was an 11-year veteran of the agency
The latest assault comes at a challenging time for the department, following two prison attacks that killed two corrections employees and injured more than a dozen others this year
The bill, which would increase staffing at state prisons, would be named for fallen CO Joseph Gomm
On Friday, 115 offenders assigned to the facility’s anagram balloon factory refused to work for a full day until prison administrators met with them to hear their complaints
Danny Heinrich was sentenced to 20 years in prison on a child pornography count that let authorities close the books on a mystery that haunted the state for nearly three decades. (AP File Photo)
In return for leading authorities to Jacob’s body and confessing what he had done, Danny Heinrich will not be charged with Jacob’s murder. (Photo/Sherburne County Sheriff via AP)
All 11 state Department of Corrections (DOC) facilities now allow inmates to video chat with loved ones via tablet or computer in a program similar to FaceTime or Skype
The DOC is housing about 500 inmates in county jails, a number that has increased from 36 in 2011 and 324 in 2014
Higher cost but more coverage, especially on weekends, and improved access to mental health care
93-year-old structure that surrounds the prison is a historical marvel, the longest continuous granite wall built with inmate labor
A 68-year-old man who has spent two decades in the Minnesota sex offender treatment program is on the verge of provisional release after a special court panel granted his placement in a four-bed residential facility in rural Olmsted County
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