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History symposium highlights Marion Co. jail overcrowding court case, changes

November 6, 2023 | Alexa Shrake

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana hosted its annual Court History Symposium on Friday, with two panels looking at a famous Marion County Jail overcrowding court case that took 35 years to resolve.

Indiana lawmakers eye returning to more prison sentences

January 10, 2022 | Associated Press

A big jump in Indiana county jail overcrowding has state lawmakers looking to partially roll back a nearly decade-old criminal sentencing overhaul and let judges send more people convicted of low-level felonies into state prisons.