Minnesota jail in lockdown as 100 inmates refuse to return to cells

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1970-01-01 08:00

Prisoners are reportedly protesting conditions at the facility amid hot conditions.

A jail in the US state of Minnesota has been placed under emergency lockdown after about 100 inmates refused to return to their cells.

Members of a crisis negotiation team were deployed to the Stillwater correctional facility on Sunday.

A spokesperson for the state's Department of Corrections...