Indiana State Prison

The Indiana State Prison in Michigan City (Indiana) is the state prison of the US state Indiana . Male prisoners are held under the highest security level. There are also " housing " projects with a lower security level in the prison. In November 2006 there were an average of 2,200 inmates there. Indiana State Prison opened as Indiana's second state prison in 1860.

history

In 1859 the Indian political leadership decided to build a second state prison after the State Prison South in Jeffersonville, Indiana , which had reached its capacity limit. State Prison South later became the Indiana Reformatory and State Prison North became known as Indiana State Prison.

At the turn of the century, the number of prisoners had doubled. The bank robber John Dillinger , pardoned in 1933, was one of the most prominent inmates. Another noted inmate was DC Stephenson , a 1922 leader of the Ku Klux Klan who was sentenced to 31 years in prison for fatal rape in 1925.

The execution was carried out by hanging up to 1913, by the electric chair between 1913 and 1994, and by lethal injection since 1995 . Currently, all of Indiana executions must be carried out in Indiana State Prison.

Known inmates

• Johnson VanDyke Grigsby: Murderer. Johnny Cash wrote the song "Michigan City Howdy Do." about him.
• Gregory Scott Johnson: Murderer.
• Alan Matheney: Murderer, was executed at the ISP.
• James Clark: Depression-era bank robbers.
• Homer Van Meter : Bank robber, John Dillinger's accomplice and Baby Face Nelson's .
• John Hamilton: Bank robber, John Dillinger's accomplice, was from Canada.
• John Dillinger : bank robber, meanwhile public enemy No. 1 . Filmed in Public Enemies .
• DC Stephenson : Former Grand Dragon Ku Klux Klan, rapist and murderer.
• Charles Makley: bank robber, accomplice of John Dillinger.
• Orville Lynn Majors: male nurse, murdered six people.

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Indiana State Prison
2. ↑ MapQuest: Maps, Directions, Gas Prices & Business Directory
3. ↑ ^{a b c} "Indiana State Prison History." Available on request from Indiana State Prison, Michigan City, Indiana.
4. ↑ IHB: 404 ( Memento of the original from January 3, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Bongen, Paula. "Indiana State Prison Timeline." Indianapolis, Indiana Historical Society.
6. ↑ Wilson, Helen. The Treatment of the misdemeanant in Indiana, 1816-1936 . Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1938.
7. ↑ John Dillinger's grave
8. ^ Indiana History, Chapter Seven ( Memento of the original from April 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
9. ↑ Death Row ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

• Profile of Indiana State Prison on Indiana's official website