{"id":2020908,"date":"2023-09-03T15:59:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T19:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-prison-on-lockdown-after-nearly-100-inmates-refused-to-return-to-cells\/"},"modified":"2023-09-03T16:01:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T20:01:58","slug":"minnesota-prison-on-lockdown-after-nearly-100-inmates-refused-to-return-to-cells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-prison-on-lockdown-after-nearly-100-inmates-refused-to-return-to-cells\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota prison on lockdown as almost 100 inmates refuse to go back to cells."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fminnesota-prison-on-lockdown-after-nearly-100-inmates-refused-to-return-to-cells%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2020908&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stock Image. (Photo\u200c by Ian Waldie\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Ongoing Prison\u2064 Lockdown in Minnesota<\/h2>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>12:58 PM \u2013 Sunday, September 3, 2023<\/p>\n<p>After around 100 convicts in one housing unit refused \u200bto return\u200b to their cells, a Minnesota prison has been placed on emergency lockdown, and members of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-shooting-gunman-dead-security-guard-killed-in-legacy-good-samaritan-hospital-active-shooter-event\/\" title=\"Portland shooting: Gunman killed, security guard slain in hospital shooting.\">crisis \u200cnegotiation team<\/a> have been activated, according to the state Department of\u200b Corrections on Sunday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The situation is \u201ccurrently stable,\u201d and the\u2062 reason convicts \u201care refusing to return \u200dto their cells remains unclear.\u201d The Special Operations Response Team was also\u2064 sent in \u201cout of an abundance of\u200d caution,\u201d according to a spokesperson for the facility.<\/p>\n<p>However, \u200dCommunities\u200b United Against Police Brutality (CUAPB) spokesman\u200c Michelle Gross claimed in an interview that the incident was brought on \u200dby the \u200cfact that jailers had been without access\u2062 to fresh water, ice, and even showers for many days due to understaffing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re saying it\u2019s hotter than hell in there, and the water in the cells is brown,\u201d Gross said. \u201cThe \u200dinmates have been melting ice for drinking water, but with short staffing, there\u2019s not enough to go around.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s \u201cincident is endemic and highlights the truth behind the operations of the [Minnesota] Department of Corrections with chronic \u200bunderstaffing,\u201d said the head of\u200c the union representing staffers \u200band corrections officers at Stillwater.<\/p>\n<p>Correctional facilities, according \u2064to the union, \u201ccannot have transformational\u2064 offender programming without sufficient facility security.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWithout more staffing in our correctional facilities with talented people, we will continue down this unacceptable road of\u2064 staff assaults, offenders controlling sections of our \u2062prisons, and more,\u201d said Bart Andersen, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/school-board-group-asks-white-house-for-federal-help-with-threats\/\" title=\"School board group asks White House for federal help with threats\">interim executive director<\/a> of \u2064AFSCME Council 5.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Two officers at the Stillwater Correctional Facility who spoke to the press said that they were safe in \u200ba secure\u2062 control room and in contact with facility \u200cpersonnel. \u2062No recorded injuries have been reported.<\/p>\n<p>Department data reported that there are over\u2063 1,200 convicts altogether \u200cat the\u2064 institution,\u2063 which is \u200csoutheast of Stillwater.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, aerial footage from a FOX helicopter revealed a sizable emergency response, including police, ambulances, and firefighters, waiting \u2063outside the facility.<\/p>\n<p>According to its website, the Stillwater Correctional Facility was founded in 1914 and is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-prison-on-lockdown-after-nearly-100-inmates-refused-to-return-to-cells\/\" title=\"Minnesota prison on lockdown as almost 100 inmates refuse to go back to cells.\">largest\u2064 male close-security facility<\/a> in the state of Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>Seven residential units\u200c are located inside the building, while a \u2063minimum-security unit is located outside \u200bthe \u200dmain perimeter.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! 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