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Authorities say they've stopped multiple attempts to smuggle drugs — sometimes with drones — into Indiana State Prisons so far this year.
This incident follows a string of similar alleged attempts to smuggle contraband into Indiana prisons using drones. WESTVILLE — This time, a drone stopped an alleged attempt to smuggle ...
WESTVILLE — A Lake County man faces several felony chages accusing him of using a drone to try to smuggle a large quantity of drugs into Westville Correctional Facility.. Eric Patino, a 29-year ...
The new facility, spanning 1.4 million square feet, will replace the existing Westville Correctional Facility and the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. Once completed, the campus will house up to ...
The prison is still open, and the city doesn’t even own it yet. But the plan is to relocate the prison to the new Westville Correctional Facility campus once construction there is complete.
LAPORTE COUNTY, Ind. — A monitored prison call between an inmate and his brother led to a Northwest Indiana prison guard being charged with bribery and misconduct, according to court documents.
Dr. Deanna Dwenger, with the Indiana Department of Corrections, testified this week about the times Richard Allen confessed to her about killing Libby and Abby.