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| Location | Oak Park Heights, Minnesota |
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| Coordinates | 45°01′30″N 92°48′11″W / 45.025°N 92.803°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Level 5 "Maximum" |
| Capacity | 482[1] |
| Population | 407 (as of January 1st 2020) |
| Opened | 1982 |
| Managed by | Minnesota Department of Corrections |
| Warden | William Bolin |
Minnesota Correctional Facility – Oak Park Heights (MCF-OPH) is Minnesota's only Level Five maximum security prison. The facility is located near the cities of Bayport and Stillwater. The facility is designed and employed with trained security officers to handle not only Minnesota's high-risk inmates but other states' as well.[2] They also have the largest contract to house federal inmates with serious, violent histories. The prison has never had an escape, and only one homicide.[3]
- ^ "Performance Report, Fiscal Year 2010" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Corrections. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-23. Retrieved 2012-06-16.
- ^ Minnesota Department of Corrections website Archived 2011-10-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Inmate Strangled, Killed inside Oak Park Heights Prison, CBS Local. Retrieved 2013-12-03