MICHIGAN CITY — State corrections officials are backing away from earlier plans to close the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City once a new $1.2 billion facility opens in 2027, saying they now ...

Death row inmate Roy Lee Ward will be executed Friday at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City after exhausting all legal options.

At 12:01 a.m. CDT, the time proscribed by court order to begin the execution of Roy Lee Ward, a small crowd gathered in the ...

Hours before the execution of Roy Lee Ward, the Gary diocese hosted a vigil at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City.

With the new Westville Correctional Facility under construction, plans to redevelop the current Indiana State Prison in Michigan City have been halted. After a decision by then Governor Eric Holcomb ...

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (WLS) -- A funeral mass was held for Lieutenant Eugene Lasco, a corrections officer attacked and killed by an inmate last weekend at Indiana State Prison. Lasco, 57, was stabbed to ...

53-year-old Roy Lee Ward was put to death at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. He was pronounced dead just after ...

A live look at ongoing construction at the site of the new Northwest Indiana Correctional Facility in Westville, taken on Aug. 21, 2025. (Photo courtesy Indiana Department of Correction) State ...