Post by Star Reporter on Nov 24, 2009 15:59:10 GMT -5
INDIANAPOLIS — Inmates at the Indiana Women’s Prison near Downtown Indianapolis have been moved into a former state detention center on the city’s Westside as part of a plan to ease prison crowding.
The Indiana Department of Correction said today that the 449 women were moved into the former Indianapolis Juvenile Correctional Facility during the weekend.
Juveniles at the detention center were moved to a facility in Madison about three weeks ago.
The department says relocating the women’s prison to the former juvenile center will allow room for foreseeable growth in the inmate population. The next step will be moving a vocational program for inmates from Plainfield to the former women’s prison.
The Indiana Department of Correction said today that the 449 women were moved into the former Indianapolis Juvenile Correctional Facility during the weekend.
Juveniles at the detention center were moved to a facility in Madison about three weeks ago.
The department says relocating the women’s prison to the former juvenile center will allow room for foreseeable growth in the inmate population. The next step will be moving a vocational program for inmates from Plainfield to the former women’s prison.