Indiana DOC Makes Room
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Correction expects to gain more than 2,000 beds for inmates by shifting prison programs and inmates to different locations. Story from Chicago Tribune.
Female youth offenders will move from Indianapolis to Madison in southeastern Indiana. Adult females in the Indiana Women’s Prison near downtown Indianapolis will be moved to the former juvenile facility. And the Plainfield Re-entry Educational Facility will move its mission to the women’s prison.
About 440 correction workers will be affected. Officials say they will have the opportunity to apply for revamped jobs, although some may have to relocate or be retrained.
Officials say the shifts will save space and money, but it won’t help Indiana’s shortage of maximum security beds.
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