The family of a man who died of stab wounds in a northern Indiana prison in 2021 filed a multi-million dollar wrongful death lawsuit against several high-ranking officials at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City.

The governors office announced Wednesday that Department of Correction Commissioner Rob Carter will step down next month.

Responders with the Pendleton Fire Department and the Indiana Department of Correction were dispatched to the prison for the fire and contained the blaze quickly, Madison County Sheriff Scott Mellinger said.

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.

IDOC declared a Legionnaires' disease outbreak Wednesday. Five men incarcerated at the prison had been hospitalized for treatment.

The Indiana Department of Correction has confirmed an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease at the Pendleton Correctional Facility.

Stories from incarcerated women in Indiana Women’s Prison show instances of lack of crucial medical care and sexual assault. That's what a new season from Sick podcast found after a year-long investigation.

Fifteen inmates at the Miami Correctional Institute are suing for being kept in what lawyers say are deplorable conditions.