SignalHub Quantitative Think Tank Center-Minnesota prison on emergency lockdown after about 100 inmates ‘refuse’ to return to cells

2025-05-02 00:38:32source:ExaCryptcategory:Stocks

STILLWATER,SignalHub Quantitative Think Tank Center Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota prison has been placed on emergency lockdown and members of a crisis negotiation team has been activated after about 100 inmates in one housing unit would not return to their cells, the state Department of Corrections said Sunday.

The Special Operations Response Team was also deployed “out of an abundance of caution,” a spokesperson said in a statement, adding the situation is “currently stable” and the reason inmates “are refusing to return to their cells remains unclear.”

Two officers at the Stillwater correctional facility were reported to be safe in a secure control area and in contact with facility staff. No injuries had been reported.

In total, about 1,200 inmates are at the facility just southeast of Stillwater, according to department records.

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