Indiana Department of Correction

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Headquarters Indianapolis, Indiana
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  • Christina Reagle, Commissioner
Website
https://www.in.gov/idoc/

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. [2]

Contents

Facilities

Adult facilities

Current facilities: [3]

Juvenile facilities

Current facilities: [4]

Former facilities

  • Bloomington Juvenile Correctional Facility
  • Ft. Wayne Juvenile Correctional Facility
  • Indianapolis Juvenile Correctional Facility
    • In 2009, residents were moved to the Madison Juvenile Correctional Facility and inmates from the Indiana Women's Prison moved into the facility after the juvenile population relocated [5]
  • North Central Juvenile Correctional Facility
  • Northeast Juvenile Correctional Facility
  • Plainfield Juvenile Correctional Facility
  • South Bend Juvenile Correctional Facility
  • Henryville Correctional Facility (Minimum security) - Henryville
  • Medaryville Correctional Facility (MYC) Level 1 Minimum security
  • Madison Juvenile Correctional Facility (Intake/Maximum security) - Madison
    • Located on the grounds of the Madison State Hospital campus, with the Madison Correctional Facility (Women). [5] It was once the only state female juvenile facility in Indiana, but was replaced with LaPorte. [6]

Fallen officers

Since the establishment of the Indiana Department of Correction, ten officers have died in the line of duty. [7]

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National:

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References

  1. "Operations." Indiana Department of Correction. Retrieved on December 7, 2009.
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-08-06. Retrieved 2020-01-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Adult." Indiana Department of Correction. Retrieved on September 2, 2010.
  4. "Juvenile." Indiana Department of Correction. Retrieved on August 23, 2010.
  5. 1 2 "Indy juveniles move to new center in Madison [ dead link ]." Associated Press at WSJV . November 4, 2009. Retrieved on August 23, 2010.
  6. "LaPorte Juvenile Correctional Facility". 10 August 2020.
  7. The Officer Down Memorial Page