Some of teh 700ish patients there need to be there for the rest of their lives.
A person can look into some of the 'patients' backgrounds by going here: https://coms.doc.state.mn.us/PublicViewer/main.asp typing in a letter into one of the fields and ctrl + f for 'civil' then googling the names. I have spent some time doing this and some of the cases really make me wonder why that person is in there.
Not all are listed on there.. once the 'expiration date' is past they are deleted from the locator, but are still at facility...
Don't have enough internet time here where I am to look them up. I had a relative who worked there and she said everyone belongs there for life.