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 ...

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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 ...

In 2011, Brittany Seaver gave birth to her third child. It was her first while in prison. She was looking for support during her pregnancy, but the confines of prison made support difficult to find.