The Indiana Department of Correction began sending payments to dozens of counties on Monday, Sept. 15 to cover costs for housing state prisoners, ending months of delays that left local jails without reimbursements.
Read MoreState corrections officials are backing away from earlier plans to close the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City once a new $1.2 billion facility opens in 2027, saying they now intend to keep the aging lockup operating for “some time” after the new prison site begins housing inmates.
Read MoreNews of the co-called “Speedway Slammer” is roiling Indiana, with confusion over a plan to house up to 1,000 immigrants in the Hoosier State.
Read MoreThe Indiana Department of Correction owes Indiana jails about $12.7 million in payments for housing state offenders — the highest bill being Elkhart County’s — but there is a plan in place to pay it back starting Tuesday, July 1 and avoid the problem in the future.
Read MoreDue to the Indiana Department of Correction running out of funds for state prisoners and low-level felons, county jails have not been paid in months.
Read MoreEight men languish on Indiana’s death row as the state struggles to obtain the drugs needed to conduct an execution.
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