Grand Forks County Correctional Center

Grand Forks County Agrees To Help With Prison Overcrowding at Expanded Correctional Center

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Grand Forks County Commission has approved a letter of intent to help relieve overcrowding at North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Unused space in the new expansion at Grand Forks County Correctional Center will provide jail beds to help with overcrowded prisons. Gov. Kelly Armstrong welcomes the news and said in a statement that…

Inmate Hospitalized After Fire At Grand Forks Jail

Firefighters responded to a fire just after 2 a.m. Tuesday in the laundry room at the Grand Forks County Correctional Center

GRAND FORKS — An inmate had to be taken to the hospital and fire investigators are trying to figure out what happened in a fire in the laundry room at the jail in Grand Forks overnight. It’s the second fire in the laundry room in less than a month. Firefighters responded to the fire just after 2 a.m. Tuesday in…