Indiana plans to shut down the 164-year-old Indiana State Prison on Michigan City's west side when it opens the new $1.2 billion Westville Correctional Facility in early 2017.

Since late March, several men have been arrested for allegedly using drones to try to drop large amounts of drugs into two ...

Authorities say they've stopped multiple attempts to smuggle drugs — sometimes with drones — into Indiana State Prisons so far this year.

The remaining section of the original wall at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. The original wall was built 1860-66, while the American Civil War was raging. Provided ...

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (WISH) — A 19-year-old was arrested Monday night for firing 72 shots near a Michigan City, Indiana, neighborhood.

The United States Attorney’s Office Northern District of Indiana announced 30-year-old Nvaun Lewis, of Gary, was sentenced after pleading guilty to Being a Convicted Felon in Possession of a Firearm.

A worker at a Michigan City daycare facility could face prison time for the injuries and rough treatment inflicted on two babies.Aniya Dabney, 21, is charged in ...

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (WSBT) — A worker at a Michigan City daycare facility could face prison time for the injuries and rough treatment inflicted on two babies. Aniya Dabney, 21, is charged in La ...

Booher, 45-year-old Lance Battreal, of Rockport, and 48-year-old Charles Smith, of New Castle, escaped from the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City on July 12 through a series of underground ...

MUNSTER, Ind. - The capture of convicted rapist Lance Battreal could lead investigators to the last of three Indiana State Prison escapees still at large, authorities said Tuesday.