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  2. Indiana State Prison - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Indiana Department of Correction - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Pendleton Correctional Facility - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Indiana Women's Prison - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. List of people executed in Indiana - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Indiana since its statehood. A total of 20 people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Indiana in the United States since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1977. Before 1995, electrocution was the sole method of execution.

  7. Westville Correctional Facility - Wikipedia

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    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] At Westville, 49% of the inmate population are people of color, slightly higher than the ...

  8. History of United States prison systems - Wikipedia

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    Finally, since the early 1970s, the United States has engaged in a historically unprecedented expansion of its imprisonment systems at both the federal and state level. Since 1973, the number of incarcerated persons in the United States has increased five-fold. Now, about 2,200,000 people, or 3.2 percent of the adult population, are imprisoned ...

  9. Rockville Correctional Facility - Wikipedia

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    Opened. 1970. Managed by. Indiana Department of Corrections. Rockville Correctional Facility is a state prison located in Adams Township, Parke County, one mile (1.6 km) northwest of Rockville, Indiana. A part of the Indiana Department of Corrections, it is the largest state prison for women in Indiana with approximately 1,200 women. [1]