Indiana Correctional Facility Goes Kosher

PUTNAMVILLE, Ind. — The Indiana Department of Corrections (IDOC) is now providing Kosher meals to inmates who require the specially prepared, religiously appropriate fare. A recent cleansing of a designated kitchen at the Putnamville Correctional Facility (PCF), as well as the addition of some new equipment, will allow the facility to begin producing kosher meals in-house.

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Indiana to Consolidate Mental Health Care

INDIANAPOLIS — In response to a federal judge ruling stating that the treatment of inmates with mental illnesses in Indiana prisons was cruel and unusual punishment, the Indiana Department of Corrections is planning to centralize all inmates with a mental illness into one facility.

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