Overview

• The intergovernmental agreement with ICE takes effect around Sept. 30–Oct. 1 to begin housing detainees at the Miami Correctional Facility.
• Indiana will make 1,000 beds available with a $291 per-detainee daily rate, and ICE will guarantee at least 450 detainees per day for two years.
• A Governor’s Office spokesperson projects at least $80 million in federal reimbursement over two years, rising above $200 million at full capacity, though Democrats questioned the lack of an explicit payback requirement.
• Planned preparations include new fencing, enhanced lighting, drone detection, temporary staff housing, and in-state hiring targeted at $28 per hour.
• DOC leaders said the site will hold adult males only and exclude people with pending criminal charges, as lawmakers pressed for due-process safeguards and cited concerns tied to alleged abuses at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’