After 15 years with no executions of the eight men on Indiana’s death row, Indiana’s top elected officials filed with the Indiana Supreme Court on Wednesday to schedule an execution date for Fort Wayne’s Joseph Corcoran. He was convicted of murdering four people in 1997.
Read MoreThe Indiana Department of Correction is searching for an incarcerated individual who walked away from a work crew at Edinburgh Correctional Facility.
Read MoreGov. Eric J. Holcomb broke ground Thursday, Sept. 28, on the new correctional facility in Westville.
Read MoreA new Indiana law that prohibits gender-affirming sexual reassignment surgery for inmates is at the heart of a federal lawsuit filed Monday, Aug. 28, which claims the state’s correctional agency denied the procedure to a transgender woman who is currently incarcerated.
Read MoreThe Indiana Department of Correction plans to close the state prison in Michigan City after a new, $1.2 billion prison facility was approved last week by budget regulators.
Read MoreThe Indiana State Prison in Michigan City is expected to close in a few years.
Read MoreIndiana Department of Correction Commissioner Robert Carter ordered flags to be flown at half-staff at all IDOC facilities in honor of Lieutenant Eugene Lasco, who lost his life after a stabbing incident at Indiana State Prison.
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS — Beginning Wednesday, March 18, to lessen strain on offenders and their loved ones as a result of the COVID-19 virus, Indiana Department of Correction officials worked with the telephone and video service provider to help prisoners keep in contact with those outside prison walls. The short-term … Read More
INDIANAPOLIS — While there are currently no known cases of Coronavirus among staff or offenders housed at Indiana Department of Correction facilities, visitation to certain prison facilities has been suspended indefinitely. The decision to suspend visitation is precautionary in nature and was made in the interest of the … Read More
