Several Stillwater prison staff members were taken to the hospital Thursday following an incident that put the facility into a lockdown, Minnesota Department of Corrections officials said.
“Several staff were taken to the hospital out of an abundance of caution,” said Shannon Loehrke, the DOC’s communications director, in a Thursday afternoon email to the Pioneer Press. “The facility is on a temporary lockdown.”
An investigation is ongoing, and the DOC will provide more details as they become available, she said.
Loehrke did not immediately respond to a follow-up email by the Pioneer Press asking about the extent of the possible injuries to staff and what the incident entailed.
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