The Minnesota Correctional Facility – Faribault is a state prison located in Faribault, Minnesota. As of March 2023, it had an adult inmate population of about 2,000 men,[2] making it the largest prison in Minnesota by population.
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| Location | Faribault, Minnesota |
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| Coordinates | 44°16′56″N 93°15′16″W / 44.28222°N 93.25444°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | minimum(2)–medium(3/4) |
| Capacity | 2,005[1] |
| Population | 1973 (as of March 14, 2023) |
| Opened | 1989 |
| Managed by | Minnesota Department of Corrections |
| Warden | Tracy Beltz |
The facility is built on land the state has managed and maintained since 1879 when it was founded as, "Minnesota Experimental School for the Feeble Minded."[3]
The prison was officially established in 1989 on the 140-acre (57 ha) campus of the former Faribault State Hospital.[4] Between 2005 and 2008, the Minnesota legislature funded a $129 million expansion and modernization program, which included the construction of four new 416-bed living units.[5][6][7] The prison's medium-security inmates are now primarily housed within these four large "K" buildings, so called because each building consists of four wings in a "K" configuration around a central control rotunda, with each two-story wing capable of housing 104 inmates in two-bunk cells.
The expansion of the Faribault prison was a primary cause of the state's decreased reliance upon a private prison in Appleton, Minnesota.[8] Corrections Corporation of America closed the 1,600-bed Appleton prison in 2010.[9][10]
MCF-Faribault has educational facilities for GED and adult basic education, and provides education in construction trades such as flooring, drywall, and woodworking. The facility also houses a MINNCOR prison industry facility providing contract labor to outside vendors as well as a line of institutional and library furniture. Recently, the facility's 180 bed "New Dimensions" chemical dependency treatment program which provided a 6-12 month treatment program for alcohol and other drug-dependent offenders was changed to a 4-6 month intensive outpatient program currently with about 50 inmates. The minimum security unit, outside of the main prison's medium-security double fence, provides housing and supervision for community work crews.
Notable inmates
edit- Harvey Carignan - Serial killer.
- Donald Blom - Registered sex offender convicted of the murder of Katie Poirier in 1999.[11][12]
References
edit- ↑ "Performance Report, Fiscal Year 2010" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Corrections. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 23, 2013. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
- ↑ "Daily Inmate Profile" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Corrections. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
- ↑ Thibodeau, Camey (September 10, 2014). "Faribault prison recognizes 25 years in the community". Retrieved February 26, 2026.
- ↑ Giles, Kevin (October 1, 2008). "Bigger, safer, stronger: A prison for the future". Star Tribune. Retrieved August 17, 2010.
- ↑ "2005 Bonding Bill". Minnesota Revisor of Statutes. Retrieved August 17, 2010.
- ↑ "2006 Bonding Bill". Minnesota Revisor of Statutes. Retrieved August 17, 2010.
- ↑ "2008 Bonding Bill". Minnesota Revisor of Statutes. Retrieved August 17, 2010.
- ↑ Havens, Chris (November 23, 2009). "Minnesota may use private prison in Appleton". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on November 28, 2009. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
- ↑ "CCA Announces Closure of Prairie Correctional Facility". Corrections Corporation of America. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
- ↑ "Prairie Correctional Facility". Corrections Corporation of America. Archived from the original on October 27, 2010. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
- ↑ "Blom Gets Life Without Parole for Kidnapping and Killing Poirier". Associated Press. August 17, 2000. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
- ↑ Lowe, Caroline (November 20, 2006). "Cold Case: Is Donald Blom a Serial Killer?". WCCO-TV. Retrieved March 25, 2023.