Indiana National Guard Take Control of City Jail

Lydia X. McCoy
Courier Press
December 12, 2008

BOONVILLE, Ind. — The inmates of the old Warrick County Jail are long gone, but the steel bars that held them remain.

But, with hope, not for much longer.

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After about a year of talks, Warrick County officials are trying to seal a deal to give the cells to the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in Butlerville, Ind.

While the cells haven’t been used for a number of years, the rest of the building currently is occupied by the Warrick County EMS.

The compound, the only one of its kind in the United States, is a secluded, self-contained community, once home to the Muscatatuck State Developmental Center. The 1,000-acre site was turned over to the Indiana National Guard in July 2005 and has been evolving into a full-immersion contemporary urban training environment.

Lt. Col. Chris Kelsey, site manager for Muscatatuck, said the National Guard wants to use the cells for a prison at the training center.

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