Minnesota Correctional Facility – Willow River/Moose Lake

The Minnesota Correctional Facility – Willow River/Moose Lake is a two-site prison operated by the Minnesota Department of Corrections in Pine and Carlton counties.

Minnesota Correctional Facility – Moose Lake (MCF-Moose Lake)
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LocationMoose Lake, Minnesota
StatusOperational
Security classMedium
Population1,029[1] (as of February 02, 2023)
Opened1988
Managed byMinnesota Department of Corrections
DirectorBrian Collins, Warden
Minnesota Correctional Facility – Willow River (MCF-Willow River)
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LocationWillow River, Minnesota
StatusOperational
Security classBoot camp (correctional)
Population134[2] (as of February 02, 2023)
Managed byMinnesota Department of Corrections
DirectorBrian Collins, Warden

The Moose Lake men's prison is located on the former site of the Moose Lake Regional Treatment Center[3] in Moose Lake, Minnesota.

The Willow River facility, also for men, is located in Willow River, Minnesota. In 1992, the state's Challenge Incarceration Program (CIP), a military-style boot camp correctional program, began at the site. Only the first of three phases takes place at the Willow River facility.[3]

Notable Inmates

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Inmate Name Register Number Status Details
David Brom 146854 Serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. Murdered his parents and brother and sister in 1988.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Daily Inmate Profile" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Corrections. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
  2. ^ "Daily Inmate Profile" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Corrections. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
  3. ^ a b "Minnesota Correctional Facility – Willow River/Moose Lake". Minnesota Department of Corrections. Archived from the original on 2010-07-29. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
  4. ^ "4 in Family Slain with Ax — 16-Year-Old Son Held". 20 February 1988.
  5. ^ "33 years later, this teenager's crime still shocks Rochester". 2 March 2021.

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