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The Monroe County Correctional Center has been overcrowded for nearly two decades, prompting a lawsuit from the ACLU of Indiana.

Despite ongoing planning for a new jail, the current facility remains in use and continues to face overcrowding and maintenance issues.

Sheriff Ruben Marte has implemented improvements to the existing jail, including sanitation, painting, and increased inmate programming.

A new 500-bed jail is planned for completion by summer 2029, though the project is currently behind schedule.

James Kennedy was sheriff in 2008 when the ACLU of Indiana filed a class-action lawsuit alleging crowding at the Monroe County Correctional Center violated prisoners’ rights.

Kennedy reviewed inmate numbers for 2007, when the jail averaged 272 inmates a day. The

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