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DHS Unveils Speedway Slammer in Indiana to Add 1,000 ICE Beds

The site at Miami Correctional Facility extends Florida’s airport-based detention concept into Indiana under a state-federal partnership to expand ICE capacity.

Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Kristi Noem at "Alligator Alcatraz" in Ochopee, Fla. on July 1, 2025.
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.
FILE - A sign marks the entrance to Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, a site used by the Florida National Guard, near Starke, Fla., July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/David Fischer, File)

Overview

  • Secretary Kristi Noem announced a partnership with the Indiana Department of Corrections to house 1,000 additional ICE detainees at Miami Correctional Facility.
  • Dubbed “Speedway Slammer” in homage to Indiana’s racing culture, the project mirrors Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz by leveraging nearby airstrips for on-site deportation flights.
  • Funded through the reconciliation bill’s 287(g) provisions and new ICE bed allocations, the facility will hold criminal migrants labeled the “worst of the worst” pending removal.
  • Officials have finalized agreements and are outfitting a former Air Force base section of the prison for imminent use as the second state-run detention center.
  • DHS is actively scouting similar airport-adjacent detention partnerships in Arizona, Nebraska and Louisiana to further accelerate its deportation capacity.