Nine workers at a Minnesota prison fell ill and were hospitalized after being exposed to unknown synthetic substances possessed by men who are incarcerated.

A Minnesota prison could be on lockdown through Saturday after staff became ill from what was described by the Minnesota Department of Corrections as an 'unknown substance'. A total of 9 staff were transported from the Stillwater prison for evaluation.

Nine workers at a Minnesota prison were hospitalized Thursday after being exposed to unknown substances and becoming ill.

BAYPORT, Minn. (KFGO) – Stillwater state prison southeast of the Twin Cities was placed on temporary lockdown Thursday after staff members were exposed to suspected synthetic drugs and had to be taken to the hospital. The Department of Corrections says guards responded to a report of a prisoner smoking an unknown substance in his cell.

Nine employees at Minnesota Correctional Facility–Stillwater were taken to the hospital on Thursday after being exposed to a "stronger-than-expected" dose of synthetic marijuana being smoked by an inmate,