In February 2024, Willie Crump, an inmate housed at Faribault Minimum Security Prison at the time, reached out to MSR claiming he faced retaliation after publishing an opinion piece about the prison’s conditions. Crump’s story, which centered around the dire state of Faribault and his struggles with the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC), prompted MSR to follow up with him a year later, especially after his transition from Faribault to the 180 Degrees halfway house at 236 Clifton Avenue in Minneapolis.
Since MSR’s article was published on February 1, 2025, Crump has been sent back to prison. His attorney, Michael McLaughlin, who represented him in a case against the DOC, condemned the hearing that led to Crump’s re-incarceration as prejudiced and unconstitutional.
“Inmates on work leave have a right to due process,” said McLaughlin. “The DOC made it so all that needed to be shown is that 180 Degrees terminated him. But they didn’t provide an examination as to why.”…