The Minnesota Department of Corrections has announced that an emergency situation at Stillwater Prison has been resolved after inmates in one living unit refused to return to their cells Sunday morning. Advocates outside the prison have reported that the inmates are fed up with the excessive heat, limited access to showers and ice, and unclean drinking water. The prison is still on lockdown and the Department of Corrections has yet to comment on the situation.
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Oscar Pistorius, the former Olympic runner, is set to attend a parole hearing on Friday that will decide if he can be released from prison 10 years after killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The hearing will assess Pistorius' conduct and disciplinary record in prison, his participation in educational or other training courses, and his mental and physical state to determine if he still poses a threat to public safety. If granted parole, Pistorius could be released from the Atteridgeville Correctional Centre in Pretoria, although the process may take days to finalize.