The Prairie Correctional Facility is a vacant, 1,600-bed private prison located in Appleton, Minnesota.

In March 1993 the city reached an agreement with the Puerto Rico Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to fill all 516 beds.

[4] The Prairie Correctional Facility is the only privately-owned prison in the state of Minnesota.

Supporters of the bill state that the Prairie Correctional Facility is too far from a major hospital and the Twin Cities, where many of the inmates families would be visiting from.

[5] Opponents to the bill state that opening the Prairie Correctional Facility would provide jobs to Swift County and reduce overcrowding in Minnesota prisons.