Minnesota Correctional Facility – Willow River/Moose Lake

Minnesota Correctional Facility – Moose Lake (MCF-Moose Lake)

Location	Moose Lake, Minnesota
Status	Operational
Security class	Medium
Population	1,029[1] (as of February 02, 2023)
Opened	1988
Managed by	Minnesota Department of Corrections
Director	Brian Collins, Warden

Minnesota Correctional Facility – Willow River (MCF-Willow River)

Location	Willow River, Minnesota
Status	Operational
Security class	Boot camp (correctional)
Population	134[2] (as of February 02, 2023)
Managed by	Minnesota Department of Corrections
Director	Brian Collins, Warden

The Minnesota Correctional Facility – Willow River/Moose Lake is a two-site prison operated by the Minnesota Department of Corrections in Pine and Carlton counties.

The Moose Lake men's prison is located on the former site of the Moose Lake Regional Treatment Center[3] in Moose Lake, Minnesota.

The Willow River facility, also for men, is located in Willow River, Minnesota. In 1992, the state's Challenge Incarceration Program (CIP), a military-style boot camp correctional program, began at the site. Only the first of three phases takes place at the Willow River facility.[3]

Notable Inmates

Inmate Name	Register Number	Status	Details
David Brom	146854	Serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole.	Murdered his parents and brother and sister in 1988.[4][5]

References

1. "Daily Inmate Profile" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Corrections. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
2. "Daily Inmate Profile" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Corrections. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
3. "Minnesota Correctional Facility – Willow River/Moose Lake". Minnesota Department of Corrections. Archived from the original on 2010-07-29. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
4. "4 in Family Slain with Ax — 16-Year-Old Son Held". 20 February 1988.
5. "33 years later, this teenager's crime still shocks Rochester". 2 March 2021.

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