‘We cannot continue to operate like this’: Marion County sheriff says jail will no longer hold ICE detainees longer than 48 hours

INDIANAPOLIS — The Marion County Adult Detention Center (ADC) will no longer hold Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees for extended periods due to overcrowding, which exceeds its budgeted capacity.

Marion County Sheriff Kerry Forestal said in a statement released on Monday that the Marion County Sheriff’s Office continues to house around 175 individuals who should be detained in state prison facilities. This continues to cost the sheriff’s office around $3 million every year.

Forestal said these funds were not included as part of the Indianapolis City-County Council’s initial budget allocated to his office, as the population at the ADC continues to surpass the inmate capacity the council had budgeted for…

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