Budget committee hears update on ICE detention cost, electrical grid analysis grant

By: Jack Forrest

Outlets: Indiana Capital Chronicle

Published: June 19, 2026

Words: 428

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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Indiana has received just over $20 million from the federal government for its two-year contract to hold immigration detainees at Miami Correctional Facility. That’s against roughly $22 million in expenses, Department of Correction commissioner Lloyd Arnold told lawmakers Thursday.

Rep. Ed DeLaney, D-Indianapolis, pressed Arnold on the topic at a State Budget Committee meeting, saying the committee and the public needed to understand the effect of the program.

Committee chair Sen. Ryan Mishler, R-Mishawaka, …

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