The iconic wall that surrounds the Minnesota Correctional Facility-St. Cloud has a unique claim to fame. “It’s the second longest continuous wall in the world, only behind the Great Wall of ...

Capt. Dean Weis places his hands in the cracks of the massive granite wall that surrounds the Minnesota Correctional Facility-St. Cloud to show how an offender could use them to climb to freedom.

figuring the state could make a buck selling inmate-mined stone that came from two quarries inside the prison's ­original wooden stockade walls. When other St. Cloud quarry owners complained that ...

Average daily inmate population at the St. Cloud prison is between 1,000 ... encased in a granite wall built by inmates who took the stone from quarries on the prison property long before ...

Since 1889, 55 acres of property in central Minnesota has been home to the St. Cloud prison. Once you get inside the granite wall, you can see why this site was chosen. "It was constructed out of ...

Stillwater facility’s proposed closing prompts a look at the architectural significance of correctional centers in Minnesota.

The last stone was laid in 1922 ... Behind the Granite Wall: History of the St. Cloud Prison [VIDEO, PHOTOS] (wjon.com) The post The World’s Second Longest Granite Wall is in St Cloud MN ...

ST. CLOUD, Minn. --A St. Cloud Priest, convicted of one felony count of third-degree sexual conduct, will soon be released from prison ... It was like a wall came down," she said.

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) - Capt. Dean Weis places his hands in the cracks of the massive granite wall that surrounds the Minnesota Correctional Facility-St. Cloud to show how an offender could use ...