A lockdown at the state prison in Faribault has ended, a Department of Corrections spokeswoman said Wednesday.
The lockdown began about 5:20 p.m. Tuesday for what agency spokeswoman Sarah Fitzgerald said was “an investigation.”
Fitzgerald declined to provide any further information.
The Faribault prison consists of a medium-security facility and a minimum-security unit outside the secured perimeter. With a combined population of more than 2,000 adult men, it is the largest facility in the state prison system.
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