Minnesota Correctional Facility – Faribault
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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–medium |
| Capacity | 2,005[1] |
| Population | 2,007 (as of August 16, 2010) |
| Opened | 1989 |
| Managed by | Minnesota Department of Corrections |
| Director | Eddie Miles, Warden |
The Minnesota Correctional Facility – Faribault is a state prison located in Faribault, Minnesota. As of August, 2010, it had an adult inmate population of about 2,000 men,[2] making it the largest prison in Minnesota by population.
The prison was established in 1989 on the 140-acre (57 ha) campus of a former state mental hospital.[3] 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.[4][5][6] 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.[7] Corrections Corporation of America closed the 1,600-bed Appleton prison in 2010.[8][9]
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. The 180 bed "New Dimensions" chemical dependency treatment program provides a yearlong treatment program for alcohol and other drug dependent offenders. The minimum security unit, outside of the main prison's medium-security double fence, provides housing and supervision for community work crews.
References
- ↑ "Performance Report, Fiscal Year 2010" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Corrections. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
- ↑ "Daily Inmate Profile" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Corrections. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
- ↑ Giles, Kevin (2008-09-30). "Bigger, safer, stronger: A prison for the future". Star Tribune (Minneapolis). Retrieved 2010-08-17.
- ↑ "2005 Bonding Bill". Minnesota Revisor of Statutes. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
- ↑ "2006 Bonding Bill". Minnesota Revisor of Statutes. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
- ↑ "2008 Bonding Bill". Minnesota Revisor of Statutes. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
- ↑ Havens, Chris (2009-11-23). "Minnesota may use private prison in Appleton". Star Tribune (Minneapolis). Retrieved 2010-10-30.
- ↑ "CCA Announces Closure of Prairie Correctional Facility". Corrections Corporation of America. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
- ↑ "Prairie Correctional Facility". Corrections Corporation of America. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
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Coordinates: 44°16′56″N 93°15′16″W / 44.28222°N 93.25444°W
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