The State Budget Committee on Wednesday approved a request from the Indiana Department of Correction for $15.79 million in state funding to prepare Miami Correctional Facility for use in a new federal immigration detention agreement.

The money will fund a wide range of infrastructure upgrades and equipment purchases, according to budget committee documents obtained by the Indiana Capital Chronicle.

Facility needs listed by DOC included enhancements to perimeter fencing and lighting; new temporary housing structures for staff; modifications to intake and processing areas; installation of drug detection and drone prevention systems; and x-ray screening equipment.

Officials said in the budget committee request that those improvements are “necessary to operate a proposed detention facilit

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