In Memoriam: Lives Lost While Imprisoned After Their Release Date in Minnesota

Roster of Those Deceased at MSOP

Last NameFirst NameCommitment CountyCommitment YearDOBDeathCause of Death
AndersonAnthony
AndersonClayton2009Brain aneurism
AndreoffKenneth4803172016Heart failure as COPD complication
AyersJohn DuaneHennepin1997?ca. 19302006
BealsWilliam ("Bill")2017
BeckerDwayne W.Mille Lacs19973101302014
BergJohn
BerkelandJohn HowardSt. Louis?2004
BilikGreg2007
Blue Sr.Patrick James, Sr.Hennepin20063912052012
CodyTrampusStearns20055008192016Alzheimer's complications
CotaGeorge Frank2017
CrafterWilson2014
CrockerEarl WilliamWinona1995/96?2803242015
DabyBert ErnestHennepin1997/98?2012
DaleyJerry L. ("John")Steele1997
DoughtyJohn2019
DunlaveyDaryl R. ("Dub")19971997
EnebakRichard OscarDakota (PP)19701999
FeatherRaphael Eugene7209012013Heart failure
FerriereBenjamin5408292018Heart attack or stroke
FitzpatrickSteven5210102018Kidney failure
FoleyBruceLong-term illness, age ca. 75
FritcherRoy2002
GrossGeorge2017
HarrisonRonald L.4512062017
HeilRichard1999
HitchHarvey2010
HowardEdward Leon, Sr.Olmsted1996ca. 19322002
HubbardRaymond1998
HussThomas20062007
JensenMichael2007
JohnsonMatthew2018Lung cancer
KeinbaumGeorgeSt. Louis2007
KirschbaumKimca. 19562017Lung cancer
KolbRoger A.2006
KruegerHoward ThorvaldWright1996/97?ca. 1927ca. 3/11?
Kruger (aka Bailey)Clark A. (born: Clark Albert Bailey)Hennepin (PP)19972007?
LaChappelleJerome A.5909012013Pneumonia complication
LammAlvin AlbertMartin20052012Stomach cancer
LandisStevenHennepin20074204182019Cancer (pancreas, stomach, & liver)
LarsenSteven DavidHennepin1997ca. 19672009Skin cancer
LeechGerald T.2009
LumbyForest
LundquistBruce2010
MaiettaJoe
MarkhamGene KayFaribault20053209262016
MarteniesDonald Richard Jr.Hennepin (pp)19841994
MayfieldDennis Clinton, aka Gary Alan OlsenHennepin (pp)19952008
MaztaJoe
MesserRaymond A.6708232013Suicide
MorinAlfredo ("Freddie")5905282012
MorrisHarley Beverly ("KC")Washington20112014Cancer (stomach & liver)
MunsonHarold LeonardHennepin (pp)19912509302014
NeffDonaldOlmstead19965401152019Heart attack
OlsonKevin AndreasPennington2005ca. 19712011
PattersonClarence PedroHennepin (pp)1995
RameyJimmy ("J.R.")2019
RebbRandall E.Hennepin19975805222016
RossEarl LouisJackson?2710212015
ScottRobertDakota?19552019Liver failure
ShawDwight Louis/Lewis?Hennepin19965412122015Unknown cancer
SiemRandyAnoka?5612122018Complications from diabetes
StuveRobert G.Olmstead?3607112013
SuperScott L.6506202012
SwanRobert GilmourLyon199719292005
TaylorGeorgeGoodhue4802212019Coronary problem, seizure related?
TerwedowWallace ("Wally") WillMcLeod20102201172016
TitworthLimous5109252016
TuckerDelbertca. 19512019Reconfined in St. Peter MSH security forensic hospital for treatment, where he died
WatkinsGerald F.4611132016
WeissEdward L.2912902013
WilcowskiGale2009
WilsonCrawford J. ("Moon")Hennepin20002015
WimerLouis S.2009
WoodruffHenry ("Hank")Hennepin19992008/09?
YeptmaTimothyRamsey2012ca. 19742019Coronary failure
YoungStanley Wayne, Sr.Blue Earth (PP)1994ca. 1994
The people who run these programs pretend that they are for “treatment.”  For at least 60 people who were sent to the Minnesota Sex Offender Program it was a death sentence.  The following names, placed here in memoriam, are a stark illustration of the false promise of therapeutic intent.  The names listed remind us of why we work, today and every day, to abolish pre-crime preventative detention systems.

One Comment:

  1. Since this article was published, the number of deaths has risen to 98.

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