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STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Counties happy to dump inmates
Local Minnesota governments may not be happy with the way things are going this year at the Capitol – with big state aid cuts coming – but counties are thrilled with Gov. Tim Pawlenty's pr...
Posted on 3/20/09 at 5:15 AM
Convicted auto dealer Hecker moved to solitary confinement 
Denny Hecker, 59, pleaded guilty in 2010 to bankruptcy fraud and defrauding auto lenders.
By Associated Press , February 08, 2012
Tucson shooting suspect Loughner to remain at Missouri facility
A federal judge ruled today that the suspect in the Tucson shooting rampage that wounded former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords will spend four more months at a federal prison facility where officials are forcibly medicating him. Mental health experts have determined that Jared Lee Loughner, 23, suffers from schizophrenia and are trying to make him fit to stand trial.
By Julie Watson , February 06, 2012
UPDATE: Reputed Klansman James Ford Seale dies
UPDATED 2:14 P.M.James Ford Seale, a reputed Ku Klux Klansman imprisoned for his role in the segregation-era abduction and killing of two black men in rural Mississippi, has died, a spokesman with federal Bureau of Prisons said.
By Jack Elliott Jr. , August 03, 2011
Lawyer: Gitmo prisoner who died was mentally ill
A Guantanamo Bay prisoner who died in an apparent suicide had twice before tried to kill himself at the U.S. base in Cuba and had a long-term mental illness that predated his time in custody, his attorney said today.
By Ben Fox , May 19, 2011
N.D. Officials: Convicted killer Gaede's lawsuit over med treatment without basis
Dennis Gaede is serving a life sentence for killing and dismembering a Wisconsin man. Gaede was convicted of killing Timothy Wicks in 2001 in Gaede's home in Gardner, N.D., north of Fargo.
By Associated Press , November 25, 2010
Long-delayed St. Peter, Minn., forensic nursing home clears inspection
The forensic nursing home operated by the Minnesota Security Hospital is designed to house about 50 people ranging from convicts on medical leave from Minnesota prisons to sexual psychopaths committed by the court system.
However, numerous building code violations were discovered prior to its scheduled opening earlier this year and after ribbon-cutting ceremonies and public tours were held.
By Dan Linehan , November 07, 2010
Marine who built Guantanamo prison: U.S. lost 'moral high ground'
The Marine commander who built the Guantanamo Bay prison said Thursday the U.S. lost the "moral high ground" with its brutal treatment of prisoners, and the facility should be closed as quickly as possible.
By Associated Press , September 25, 2009
Some Minnesota counties struggle with empty jails
This state-of-the-art jail facility in Park Rapids has enough beds to hold 116 prisoners. But on this day there are only 34. When this facility was built in 2006, there were high hopes it would draw overflow prisoners from around the region, and help Hubbard County make some money from its neighbors. But that isn't happening. The overcrowding from just a few years ago disappeared.
By Tom Robertson , March 16, 2009
Local jailers step closer to transporting federal prisoners
Jailers at the Grand Forks County Correctional Center will start moving federal prisoners to and from jail just as soon as they get weapons and the training they need to use them.
By Kevin Bonham , March 04, 2009
Minnesota bill would shuffle inmates, sex offenders
Several Republican lawmakers want to save the state more than $100 million by shuffling medium-security state prisoners and civilly committed sex offenders.
February 24, 2009
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