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.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem revealed Indiana’s “Speedway Slammer,” a successor to the “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention facility in Florida. The facility will add 1,000 beds to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s detention capacity and follows several other proposed iterations of “Alligator Alcatraz.

The 'Speedway Slammer' references one of Indiana's most famous attractions, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, though the company has no formal affiliation with the prison.