An inmate at the Shakopee state prison for women was charged in a theft and swindling scheme that allegedly allowed her to collect more than $60,000 in public assistance while she was incarcerated.

Aug. 8—PRESTON, Minn. — A Shakopee woman was sentenced to pay more than $37,000 in restitution and serve 27 months in prison after pleading guilty to check forgery and theft by swindle. Mindy Jo Jones ...

ST. PAUL -- A controversial program using Christian teachings to try to turn around the lives of hundreds of Minnesota prison inmates is working, according to a new report from the Department of ...

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Natalie Pollard was nearly nine months pregnant when she went to prison after having been found guilty in the stabbing death of a boyfriend who she says was abusive, maintaining that she killed him in ...

A Shakopee man was sentenced Monday to a decade in prison for his role in the $300 million fraud scheme that exploited a federal child nutrition program meant to feed hungry children during the ...

From anti-shackling legislation to visiting room improvements, a University of Minnesota professor’s research team is changing the way women are treated in state prisons. Department of Pediatrics ...