Last Friday, a plan was unveiled to shut down the prison in Michigan City in about four years. At about the same time, the state awarded a $329,000 grant to help the community map out future ...

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (WNDU) - One of Michigan City’s largest employers will close its doors, and the mayor couldn’t be more pleased. 416 people now work at the Indiana State Prison, which is ...

Michigan City is getting a head start on planning for life after Indiana State Prison closes. Last week, a plan was unveiled to shut down the 163-year-old prison in Michigan City in about four years.

The state announced in 2023 it will close the prison in Michigan City after completion of the new $1.2 billion Westville Correctional Facility.

Michigan City is working on a feasibility study for the 100-acre prison site at 1 Park Row St. and put out a request for proposals. It plans to spend up to $240,000 in state READI funds to ...

There are plans for a more than 160-year-old prison in LaPorte County to close its doors. The Indiana Department of Correction intends to shut down the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City and ...

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (WNDU) - A brainstorming session took place in Michigan City Wednesday night. The city’s biggest employer ...

The Indiana Department of Correction plans to close the state prison in Michigan City after a new, $1.2 billion prison facility was approved last week by budget regulators.

Community leaders have high hopes for continuing "economic boom" when prison and NIPSCO coal plant are both gone. Indiana State Prison to close; Michigan City officials excited at the development ...

Closing the prison — whose most famous inmate was John Dillinger — is the latest piece of good news for Hulse, director of the economic development corporation in Michigan City, a Lake ...

The state announced in 2023 it will close the prison in Michigan City after completion of the new $1.2 billion Westville Correctional Facility.