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The Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) operates state prisons in Indiana. It has its headquarters in Indianapolis . [ 1 ] As of 2019, the Indiana Department of Correction housed 27,140 adult Inmates, 388 juvenile Inmates, employed 5,937 State Employed Staff, and 1,718 Contracted Staff.
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.
The Westville Correctional Facility, located in Westville, Indiana, is a state-operated prison for adult males. The facility contains sections of three levels of security. [ 1 ] The average daily population in September 2006 was approximately 3,100. [ 2 ]
The incarceration numbers for the states in the chart below are for sentenced and unsentenced inmates in adult facilities in local jails and state prisons. Numbers for federal prisons are in the Federal line. Asterisk (*) indicates "Incarceration in STATE" or "Crime in STATE" links. Correctional supervision numbers for Dec 31, 2018.
The Department of Correction established a plant at CIF to process food grown on state farms at the Pendleton Correctional Facility formerly known as the Indiana Reformatory, and the State Prison in Michigan City, Indiana. The food was originally used only for state institutions, but later included some county jails.
The women prisoners have filed two federal lawsuits alleging that they were subjected to a "night of terror" after male inmates bought a key to their wing from one of the jailers for $1,000.
Plainfield Correctional Facility is a prison for men of the Indiana Department of Correction located in Plainfield, Indiana. [1] The facility opened in 1969 as the Indiana Youth Center. [2] As of 2016, the prison housed 1,659 inmates, and employed 333 staff. [3]
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