"We Are Human Beings": Former Stillwater Inmate Reflects On Water Quality Concerns

By Kirsten Mitchell, CBS Minnesota

September 11, 2023

BAYPORT, Minn. — This week, the Minnesota Department of Health and a third-party lab will be testing the water at the Stillwater correctional facility. The move comes a week after inmates protested conditions by refusing to return to their cells.

"They said that they had to use things like their socks to filter the water, and if they washed their clothes at certain times their clothes turned brown," said Marvina Haynes, sister of inmate Marvin Haynes.

Despite concerns from inmates and their family members, the Minnesota Department of Corrections says there's been no reports of water-related illnesses among staff or inmates.

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