ICE responds after reports of medical, staffing failures at prison holding immigration detainees

By: Jack Forrest

Outlets: Indiana Capital Chronicle

Published: July 30, 2026

Words: 638

Last Updated: 4 days, 1 hour ago

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement provided new details on conditions inside the Indiana prison contracted to hold immigration detainees amid reported widespread medical shortfalls.

In a July 23 letter responding to an inquiry by 7th District U.S. Rep. André Carson, acting ICE Director David Venturella answered some of the congressman’s questions on operations at the Miami Correctional Facility near Peru.

Venturella wrote that over a 22-day period in April, 760 doses of medication weren’t administered …

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