The commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Corrections has ordered “additional and more comprehensive” water testing be done at the Stillwater prison to confirm the water is safe for drinking. On Sunday, Sept. 3 more than 100 inmates refused to return to their cells to protest what they say is brown water in their cells and a lack of air conditioning in the prison during the height of the latest heat wave.
On Sunday, more than 100 inmates refused to return to their cells to protest what they say is brown water in their cells and a lack of air conditioning in the prison during the height of the latest heat wave.