Since its creation, the Neighborhood Safety Department has cycled through multiple commissioners, faced allegations of mismanagement, and withheld funding to CVI groups.

Josiah Bates is The Trace's reporter covering the Great Lakes region. He previously worked as an enterprise reporter at TheGrio and was a staff writer for TIME Magazine, and has written extensively ...

The Trump administration is once again pressuring liberal cities and states to cooperate with deportation efforts, despite ...

The answer is complicated. As state legislators rightly pointed out, Stillwater is an outdated prison. The sewer pipes are so rusted that the water coming out of our faucets is brown. The windows are ...

Prince Jones earned his associate degree from Minneapolis Community & Technical College and is working on his Bachelor of Arts at Metro State. He is currently incarcerated at Stillwater Correctional ...

Policy debates and facility updates this year follow years of advocacy and litigation over the health, safety and operational challenges posed by heat in correctional settings.

Duane Whitson is in his last semester of a Bachelor of Arts at Metro State University. He is currently incarcerated at ...

Darryl Taylor is in his last semester of a Bachelor of Arts at Metro State University. He is currently incarcerated at Stillwater Correctional Facility.

Preston Sharlow recently received his Bachelor of Arts from Metro State. He is currently incarcerated at Stillwater Correctional Facility.

Jaime Vaca earned his associate degree from Minneapolis Community & Technical College and is working on his Bachelor of Arts at Metro State. He is currently incarcerated at Stillwater Correctional ...

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison sued the Trump administration for the 35th time this year, this time alleging that the federal government is illegally withholding funds for services and ...

Proposed mines, factories and data centers threaten to deplete the underground aquifers that supply up to 40% of the Great Lakes’ volume — and drinking water reserves for nearly three-quarters of ...