Minnesota lawmakers said the Federal Bureau of Prisons reversed a decision by the Biden administration that would have closed the facility.

Stauber said in a statement, “I am overjoyed by the news that the Federal Prison Camp in Duluth will remain open, and that the 90 federal employees who currently work there will remain employed.

A minimum-security federal prison camp near Duluth will remain open and operational following the reversal of a decision to close the facility.

Senator Klobuchar praised the decision to keep Duluth's federal prison open, citing economic benefits and employee concerns. Quiver AI Summary U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar praised the Federal Bureau ...

HERMANTOWN — The Duluth Federal Prison Camp will remain open. The Trump administration reversed a December decision by the Biden administration that would have “deactivated,” or closed, the ...

Seven months after federal officials announced that a minimum-security prison camp in Duluth would be shuttered for, among other reasons, its “aging and dilapidated infrastructure,” the Bureau ...

About 90 employees work at the all-male prison camp, located on a former U.S. Air Force base in Hermantown, just outside of Duluth. Those employees were given the option of transferring to a ...