Lockdown lifted at state prison in Faribault

Details are being withheld about why the action was necessary.

August 30, 2018 at 12:54AM

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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