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INDIANAPOLIS — Coronavirus concerns have reached the Indiana Department of Correction.
Chief Communications Officer Dave Bursten says there are no known cases of the virus among staff or offenders at state prisons, but as a precaution, visitation at seven facilities has been suspended indefinitely.
The announcement was made Monday. Here are the facilities:
- Heritage Trail Correctional Facility in Hendricks County
- Indiana State Prison in LaPorte County
- Indiana Women’s Prison in Indianapolis
- LaPorte Juvenile Correctional Facility in LaPorte County
- Plainfield Correctional Facility in Hendricks County
- Reception Diagnostic Center in Hendricks County
- Westville Correctional Facility in LaPorte County
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