[1] Constructed in 1986 and located in Shakopee, Scott County, it is Minnesota's only facility for housing female offenders.

The prison previously had no perimeter fence or wall, only a hedge surrounding the property until 2016.

This was after a bonding bill passed by the legislature of Minnesota in 2014 allowing for the erection of a twelve foot fence to surround the prison.

[2] MCF-SHK is home to a chemical dependency treatment unit, a program that promotes and teaches good parenting skills, and was formerly home to a work-release style program for women.

Cosmetology, office support classes, as well as several college courses are also offered to the women.