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The county previously estimated a 400-bed facility would cost around $75 million, Cockerill said. Last year the current jail had an average population of 160 inmates. The current jail's capacity ...
Monroe County workers' income tax is going up come Jan. 1 to help pay for a new jail that will likely be built on the North Park property along Ind. 46 between Bloomington and Ellettsville.
Traffic passes by North Park on Ind. 46, an area the Monroe County commissioners are exploring for a new county jail, on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024.
In a cooperative agreement between the Monroe County Correctional Center and the Monroe County Public Library, Jail Library Services have been offered since 1986. Each month, the Jail Library is visited by about 200 inmates and circulates over 1,000 books. Each inmate has access to library service about once every three weeks. [6]
The Indiana State Prison was established in 1860. [1] It was the second state prison in Indiana. [5] One of the most famous prisoners to be in the Michigan City prison was bank robber John Dillinger, who was released on parole in 1933. [6] The prison houses all the male death row inmates in the state.
Monroe County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. In 1910 the US Census Bureau calculated the nation's mean population center to lie in Monroe County. [1] The population was 139,718 at the 2020 United States Census. [2] The county seat is Bloomington. [3] Monroe County is part of the Bloomington, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Monroe County Council members Kate Wiltz and Peter Iversen and Monroe County Commissioner Julie Thomas attempt to sort jail inmates during an exercise at a joint meeting on July 11, 2024.
Monroe County Courthouse in Bloomington, Indiana is a Beaux Arts building built in 1908. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [ 1 ] It is located in the Courthouse Square Historic District and is the seat of government for Monroe County, Indiana .