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IndyStar exposes prison failures, shows us why investigative journalism matters

  • Tracey Compton, Indianapolis Public Editor

After two deaths this year at an immigration detention center at the Miami Correctional Facility in north-central Indiana, I blasted the local press for not going deep enough.  In my April 2026 column, I criticized reporters for their coverage, which did little to shed light on the lives of the two detainees, Lorth Sim and […]

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ICE responds after reports of medical, staffing failures at prison holding immigration detainees

  • Jack Forrest

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement provided new details on conditions inside the Indiana prison contracted to hold immigration detainees amid reported widespread medical shortfalls. In a July 23 letter responding to an inquiry by Seventh District U.S. Rep. André Carson, acting ICE Director David Venturella answered some of the congressman’s questions on operations at the […]