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DHS to Open ‘Speedway Slammer’ in Indiana, Adding 1,000 High-Security Beds

The Indiana camp applies the Trump administration’s rapid-build approach to expand high-security detention beds under Governor Mike Braun’s partnership

A Florida Highway Patrol officer looks on as protesters gather to demand the closure of the immigrant detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Ochopee, Florida, on July 22, 2025.
An aerial view of a migrant detention center, dubbed Alligator Alcatraz, is seen located at the site of the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport i
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Miami Correctional Facility

Overview

  • DHS confirmed the Speedway Slammer will launch at Miami Correctional Facility near Bunker Hill, Indiana, boosting ICE capacity by 1,000 beds
  • The center is designated to hold the “worst of the worst” criminal aliens as part of a deterrence-focused immigration enforcement strategy
  • The project mirrors Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz tent camp model, which has faced environmental lawsuits and Indigenous land claims in the Everglades
  • Governor Mike Braun praised the initiative as a federal-state collaboration to remove high-risk criminal aliens under President Trump’s directive
  • DHS is leveraging emergency powers and FEMA reimbursement mechanisms to fast-track the construction and operation of the Speedway Slammer