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The Indiana State Prison is a maximum security Indiana Department of Correction prison for adult males; however, minimum security housing also exists on the confines. [1] It is located in Michigan City, Indiana, about 50 miles (80 km) east of Chicago. [2] The average daily inmate population in November 2006 was 2,200, [3] 2,165 in 2011. [4]
The Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) operates state prisons in Indiana.It has its headquarters in Indianapolis. 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.
Opened. 1923. Managed by. Indiana Department of Corrections. The Pendleton Correctional Facility, formerly known as the Indiana Reformatory, is a state prison located in Fall Creek Township, Madison County, [1] near Pendleton and about 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Indianapolis. Established in 1923, it was built to replace the Indiana State ...
Since 2010, the state of Indiana has allowed 84% of jails to repeatedly violate safety standards, including crowding and understaffing.
Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825 (1994), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that a prison official's "deliberate indifference" to a substantial risk of serious harm to an inmate violates the cruel and unusual punishment clause of the Eighth Amendment. Farmer built on two previous Supreme Court decisions addressing ...
mixed. Opened. 1873. Managed by. Indiana Department of Corrections. The Indiana Women's Prison was established in 1873 as the first adult female correctional facility in the country. [1] The original location of the prison was one mile (1.6 km) east of downtown Indianapolis. It has since moved to 2596 Girls School Road, former location of the ...
Aug. 11—ANDERSON — In an effort to retain correctional officers at the Madison County Jail, the Madison County Council voted to approve a pay increase. The council Tuesday approved transfers ...
Capacity. 3100. Opened. 1945 / 1977. Managed by. Indiana Department of Correction. 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]