Breaking News: Cop killer to be moved to lower-risk prison

A Dodge County cop killer will be moved to a lower-risk prison after action taken Tuesday by a Parole Review Board consisting of the state’s corrections commissioner and others.
 
Andrew Salinas will be moved to an unknown medium-security prison, according to the Department of Corrections. He will not be moved to minimum security as some social media has been circulating. 
 
Salinas is serving a life sentence for brutally murdering Claremont Police Chief Gregory Lange in July 1988 while responding to a domestic disturbance near his home in Claremont.  
 
There are three facilities in Minnesota with medium custody settings. They are Moose Lake, Faribault and Lino Lakes. “We don’t discuss placement ahead of time for security reasons,” said Nicholas Kimball, spokesperson for the DOC. He pointed out medium security is behind a secure perimeter fence. 
 
“It is common to transfer inmates to the facility that best fits their needs,” Kimball said. “Salinas’ life sentence was continued, and he will be in the facility that will make his incarceration most effective.”
 
DOC Commissioner Paul Schnell has established a new set of conditions for Salinas, which will be reviewed at another parole review in three years. The DOC declined to identify the specifics of Salinas’ new conditions.