The Minnesota Department of Corrections placed the Hennepin County Adult Detention Center's license on conditional status last month and demanded the jail to reduce its population to 600, setting ...

The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office, which operates the jail, asked for an extension of that deadline to Dec. 5, because of the large number of other counties that it will need to ship inmates to.

The Hennepin County Jail has too many inmates and not enough guards. After eight deaths over the last two years, Minnesota Department of Corrections ordered the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office to ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The Hennepin County Jail has been granted another extension to slash nearly 20% of its population, moving back the Thursday deadline another three weeks. The county shreiff's ...

The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office released its HCSO Insider newsletter with updates on law enforcement efforts and community information.

The Hennepin County Adult Detention Center is the state’s busiest jail with roughly 90% of inmates facing felony charges. The facility is short 47 workers out of an authorized 247 staff.

DOC grants Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office extension to lower inmate population Family of inmate who died in Hennepin County Jail wins $3.4 million settlement ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The family of a man who died in the Hennepin County Jail in 2022 has filed a federal lawsuit, alleging that “deliberate indifference” to his medical needs led to his death.