Minnesota Correctional Facility - Stillwater

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State Prison Historic District
(U.S. Registered Historic District)

Location:	Bayport, Minnesota
Built/Founded:	1910
Architect:	Clarence H. Johnston, Sr.
Added to NRHP:	July 10, 1986
NRHP Reference#:	86001574 ^[1]
Governing body:	State

The Minnesota Correction Facility - Stillwater (MCF-STW) is a state prison for men in Minnesota, USA.

Built in 1914 and located in Bayport, Washington County, it houses 1300 Level 4 inmates in 7 Different Living Areas. Additionally, approximately 100 inmates are housed in a nearby Level 1 (Minimum) custody work farm.

One of three Level 4 (Close) custody facilities in Minnesota, MCF-STW is both the oldest and the largest prison in the Minnesota Department of Corrections. The prison is home to a prison industries program, a chemical dependency treatment program, one of two "Computers for Schools" processing areas (the other being MCF-Lino Lakes).

The offenders housed in the minimum security area are responsible for the maintenance of the grounds surrounding the prison, and for cleaning office areas within the non-secured areas inside the main prison facility. MCF-STW has recently undergone a number of modernization efforts, and is considered to be one of the best prisons from its era.

In 2008 one or more inmates attempted to tunnel their way out. Their plan was thwarted by the authorities however.