The reversal comes as a lack of a local mental health and addiction treatment resources have left county jails overcrowded.

The Indiana House votes to effectively ban COVID-19 vaccine mandates, sending it to the Senate. Indiana hits one year since it fully vaccinated its first resident. And Indiana surpassed 1.5 million confirmed COVID-19 cases, with some early signs of slowing.

In early January, fewer than 100 incarcerated people had the virus. As of Wednesday, the Indiana Department of Correction reported 571 positive cases.

LaShelle Turner was promoted to run the Indianapolis facility, according to an internal Department of Correction announcement.

A 2-2 split among Indiana Supreme Court justices leaves in place a lower court ruling that ordered the prison agency to release the information.

An Indiana inmate convicted of a 2002 triple murder fatally stabbed one corrections officer and seriously injured another at the maximum-security prison where he's serving a 130-year sentence.

The change comes after the state corrections department began a "comprehensive review of all IWP operations" last month.

The Indiana Department of Correction will conduct a "comprehensive review" of the Indiana Women's Prison, according to an email sent to staff.

Former Miami Correctional Facility employees tell Side Effects Public Media that the prison is out of control. Data from the Miami County Central Dispatch reinforce that image.

The Indiana Prison Writers Workshop offers sessions studying the works of renowned authors. Staci Rising is the Program Manager at the Center for Health & Justice Research at the IU Public Policy Institute, and she spoke with WFY's Terri Dee.