# Minnesota Correctional Facility–Stillwater *A state prison in Stillwater, Minnesota, referred to in the record as MCF-Stillwater.* Minnesota Correctional Facility–Stillwater (MCF-Stillwater) is a state correctional facility in [[Stillwater]], [[Minnesota]].[^1] The project's record about it is one at-issue entry. That entry concerns the State's agreement to close the facility and the cost of its deferred repairs.[^2] According to the at-issue record, the State agreed on May 15, 2025, as part of a budget deal, to close MCF-Stillwater by June 30, 2029.[^2] The stated grounds were $160 million in deferred repairs. The same record sets that figure against $8 million spent on preservation over four years.[^2] The record identifies a February 2024 infrastructure report by the State's own oversight office as its primary anchor, issued about a year before the closure decision.[^1] The record does not establish which officials agreed to the closure date or on what reasoning. ## Where The facility is in Stillwater, Minnesota.[^1] According to the at-issue record, the county keeps the building after the planned closure.[^2] ## When - February 2024: the State's oversight office issued its infrastructure report on facility conditions. The at-issue record cites this report as its primary anchor.[^1] - May 15, 2025: as part of a budget deal, the State agreed to close MCF-Stillwater.[^2] - June 30, 2029: the agreed closure deadline.[^2] ## How much The at-issue record gives these figures: - $160 million in deferred repairs, cited as the reason for closure.[^2] - $8 million spent on preservation over the preceding four years.[^2] - $40 million a year, which the at-issue record says the State keeps.[^2] ## In the at-issue record - **AI-Washington-023 (dated May 15, 2025):** The State agreed, as part of a budget deal, to close MCF-Stillwater by June 30, 2029. It cited $160 million in deferred repairs against $8 million spent on preservation over four years. The county keeps the building, and the State keeps the $40 million a year. The entry lists two sources, one agency source and one trade source (mn.gov and corrections1.com).[^2] - **Primary anchor:** the oversight office's February 2024 infrastructure report. The at-issue record describes this report as pricing the neglect a year before the closure decision.[^1] ## Notes [^1]: Minnesota State oversight office, *OBFC Infrastructure Report: Crumbling Conditions* (February 2024). This is the State's report on deferred facility conditions, cited as the primary anchor of at-issue entry AI-Washington-023. https://mn.gov/obfc/assets/OBFC%20Infrastructure%20Report_Crumbling%20Conditions%20Feb%202024_tcm1157-610210.pdf [^2]: Project at-issue record, AI-Washington-023 (May 15, 2025). It records the closure agreement, the June 30, 2029 deadline, the $160 million / $8 million / $40 million figures, and the county's retention of the building. Its listed sources are mn.gov and corrections1.com, and the only one in the pack is the anchor report. https://mn.gov/obfc/assets/OBFC%20Infrastructure%20Report_Crumbling%20Conditions%20Feb%202024_tcm1157-610210.pdf