The Miami Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison located at the former Grissom Air Force Base about 70 miles north of Indianapolis, can house up to 3,100 people. Annie Goeller, chief communications officer for IDOC, said part of the facility has not been filled because of a staffing shortage.

The new facility, with a catchy name, will add 1,000 beds for ICE detainees as Indiana partners with the federal government on immigration enforcement. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is expanding its national network of immigration detention facilities,