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County commissioners are exploring an area northwest of Bloomington for a new county jail.. Monroe County Commissioners President Julie Thomas said Tuesday evening the county is now looking at ...
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.
The ACLU of Indiana filed a lawsuit 15 years ago but put it on hold as long as county officials were making progress toward a new jail. Contact H-T reporter Laura Lane a llane@heraldt.com or 812 ...
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]
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.
Per the Offender Population Statistical Report, provided by the Indiana Department of Correction Division of Data Science and Analytics, there were 22,758 adult male offenders (including 724 county jail “back-ups” and 23 in contracted beds) on January 1, 2025. This population is 13% below the operational bed capacity.
Bloomington Township is one of eleven townships in Monroe County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 44,167 and it contained 15,346 housing units. As of the 2010 census, its population was 44,167 and it contained 15,346 housing units.
The jail population was 230 that day, fewer than the cap set in a 2009 lawsuit settlement in which the ACLU threatened to sue the county unless a new and bigger jail is built.