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| New U.S. penitentiary scheduled to open soon |
| By Indystar.com |
| Published: 03/07/2005 |
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Federal officials are preparing to open a new maximum-security prison that will house about 1,200 inmates, nearly doubling the capacity of the U.S. penitentiary complex near Terre Haute, Ind. The new facility is being built south of the existing 63-year-old prison. By this spring, the third prison of what will soon become the Federal Correctional Complex gradually will fill with life as federal prisoners classified as maximum-security risks are transferred from the old building to the new. The original building was built in 1940 and houses the government's only Death Row. Currently, 32 federal prisoners await execution, but none has a confirmed date, said Chris Nickrenz, executive assistant to Warden Mark Bezy. Nickrenz said the new facility would be much more secure than the old one. Once the new prison opens, the old red brick penitentiary will become a medium-security installation. Its image appears in the new prison in the form of inmate-painted murals on walls near entrances. |
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