MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — For the second time in three weeks, Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, Ind., has sent an inmate to a hospital burn unit after suffering serious burns inside his cell.
According to a spokeswoman for the Indiana Department of Correction, the latest fire happened around 2:00 p.m. Tuesday in D-cellhouse, requiring an inmate to be airlifted to an Indianapolis hospital. IDOC says the fire was isolated to a single cell, and due to patient privacy regulations, the department was unable to provide an update on the inmate’s condition.
He is the second inmate at Indiana State Prison to suffer severe burns in recent weeks — and the latest in a long and disturbing pattern of fires uncovered by 13 Investigates…