The Minnesota Correctional Facility – Red Wing is a state
juvenile correctional facility
In criminal justice systems, a youth detention center, known as a juvenile detention center (JDC),Stahl, Dean, Karen Kerchelich, and Ralph De Sola. ''Abbreviations Dictionary''. CRC Press, 20011202. Retrieved 23 August 2010. , . juvenile dete ...
located in
Red Wing, Minnesota
Red Wing is a city in and the county seat of Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States, along the upper Mississippi River. The population was 16,547 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is part of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropo ...
, US. As of July 2010, it housed 111 juvenile males, operating at about half of its licensed capacity. The prison also houses over 40 adult male prisoners in minimum-security, reentry housing.
Built in 1889 as the Minnesota State Training School, the original
Romanesque building was designed by
Warren B. Dunnell, the architect of a number of historical public buildings in Minnesota, including the
Minnesota State Public School for Dependent and Neglected Children, the
Fergus Falls State Hospital Complex, the
Minnesota Soldiers' Home Historic District, and the
Pillsbury Academy Campus Historic District.
American serial killer, rapist, arsonist, robber, and burglar
Carl Panzram
Charles "Carl" Panzram (June 28, 1891 – September 5, 1930) was an American serial killer, spree killer, mass murderer, rapist, child molester, arsonist, robber, thief and burglar. In prison confessions and in his autobiography, Panzr ...
(June 28, 1891 – September 5, 1930) alleges that he was repeatedly beaten, tortured, and raped by Red Wing staff members while he was incarcerated here between the ages of 11 and 13.
The institution served as the subject of "
Walls of Red Wing
"Walls of Red Wing" is a folk and protest song, written by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Originally recorded for Dylan's second album, ''The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan'',Bauldie, John, ''Linear Notes to The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3'' it w ...
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and
protest song
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by American singer-songwriter
Bob Dylan
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.
During the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
, a Red Wing staff member was one of the first two confirmed cases of the virus in the Minnesota prison system.
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Minnesota Correctional Facility – Red Wing
Prisons in Minnesota
Buildings and structures in Goodhue County, Minnesota
Prisons on the National Register of Historic Places
Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in Minnesota
Red Wing, Minnesota
1889 establishments in Minnesota
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