Minnesota Correctional Facility – Willow River/Moose Lake

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.

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 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	Released.[4]	Murdered his parents and brother and sister in 1988.[5][6]
Emmanuel Deshawn Aranda	259515[7]	19 year sentence	Attempted murder of a five-year-old boy at the Mall of America[8]