Minnesota Correctional Facility – Willow River/Moose Lake Explained

Prison Name:Minnesota Correctional Facility  - Moose Lake (MCF-Moose Lake)
Location:Moose Lake, Minnesota
Status:Operational
Classification:Medium
Population:1,029[1]
Populationdate:February 02, 2023
Opened:1988
Managed By:Minnesota Department of Corrections
Director:Brian Collins, Warden
Prison Name:Minnesota Correctional Facility  - Willow River (MCF-Willow River)
Location:Willow River, Minnesota
Status:Operational
Classification:Boot camp (correctional)
Population:134[2]
Populationdate:February 02, 2023
Managed By:Minnesota Department of Corrections
Director:Brian Collins, Warden

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.

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.

Notable Inmates

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David Brom146854Serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole.Murdered his parents and brother and sister in 1988.[4] [5]

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Daily Inmate Profile. Minnesota Department of Corrections. 2010-11-19.
  2. Web site: Daily Inmate Profile. Minnesota Department of Corrections. 2010-11-19.
  3. Web site: Minnesota Correctional Facility  - Willow River/Moose Lake. Minnesota Department of Corrections. 2010-11-19. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100729040228/http://www.doc.state.mn.us/facilities/willowriver.htm. 2010-07-29.
  4. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1988/02/20/4-in-family-slain-with-ax-16-year-old-son-held/
  5. https://www.parkrapidsenterprise.com/news/the-vault/33-years-later-this-teenagers-crime-still-shocks-rochester