Indiana Women’s Prison

Indiana Women’s Prison is a correctional facility of Indiana Department of Correction in United States.

Indiana Women’s Prison is a correctional facility of Indiana Department of Correction in United States. Established in 1873, it served as the first adult female correctional facility in the country. The Indiana Women’s Prison was not only the United States’ first separate institution for female prisoners, but was also the first maximum-security female correctional facility in the nation. As of 2005 it had an average daily population of 420 inmates, most of whom are members of special-needs populations, such as geriatric, mentally ill, pregnant, and juveniles sentenced as adults. By the end of 2015 the population increased to 599 inmates. Security levels range from medium to maximum.The prison holds Indiana’s only death row for women; however, it currently has no death row inmates.