Indiana announces a “Speedway Slammer” detention installation with 1,000 beds

EXCLUSIVE: Indiana will obtain its own version of Alligator Alcatraz in Florida with 1,000 beds.

The “Speedway Slammer” will be located at Miami Correctional Center in Miami County, which is between Indianapolis and Fort Wayne. The name is a nod to the racing culture of Indiana, such as the annual Indianapolis 500.

“We are proud to work with President Trump and Secretary Noem while deleting the worst of the worst with this innovative partnership” Indiana governor Mike Braun said in a statement on Tuesday. “Indiana adopts a global and collaborative approach to combat illegal immigration and will continue to show the way between states.”

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Senator Mike Braun speaks during a republican forum of candidates for the Governor of Indiana in Carmel, Indiana, January 25, 2024. Braun was approved by former president Donald Trump for the Governor of Indiana. (Michael Conroy / AP Photo)

The funds come from a reconciliation bill signed by President Donald Trump last month, nicknamed the “Big, beautiful bill”.

According to the DHS, he provided the funding of the 287 (G) program, which promotes collaboration between immigration and the application of customs and local governments, in addition to 80,000 ice ownership beds.

“Go soon to Indiana: The Speedway Slammer. Today, we are announcing a new partnership with the state of Indiana to extend the detention space of 1,000 beds,” Kristi Noem, secretary to the Ministry of Internal Security, said in a statement. “Thank you to Governor Braun for his partnership in order to withdraw the worst from the worst in our country. If you are in America illegally, you could end up in the Slammer Speedway of Indiana. Avoid arrest and now deport the CBP Home application.”

Trump says that the only release of the “Alligator Alcatraz” is expulsion

US President Donald Trump is visiting a migrant detention center, nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz”, located on the Dade-Collier training and transitional airport site in Ochopee, Florida, July 1, 2025. (AFP via Getty)

The Trump administration continued deportation operations because it encourages people who are illegally in the country, but have no additional criminal record, to self-conform. The administration offers $ 1,000 and free trips outside the country if people are leaving themselves, which opens the door to the individual to return legally, according to the DHS.

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The Alligator Alcatraz opened this summer as the fact that federal officials and the governor of Florida Ron Desantis, and it is supposed to be a stop point before the individuals in the country were expelled. The establishment used public funds at the start, but will also get money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. It can contain 2,000 people, but should hold 4,000 in the future, and expulsion flights have already started at the end of last month.

“I am happy to announce that these flights outside the Alligator Alcatraz by DHS have started. The rate is increasing. We have already had a number of flights in recent days, we have had hundreds of illegals have been deleted by,” said Desantis at the time.

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The demonstrators hold signs as they protest against the construction of an immigrant detention center, nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz”, in the Everglades near Ochopee, Florida, June 28, 2025. (Getty Images)

The installation was a deceased airport in the Everglades, and a second center should be built in Florida, according to Wjhl. Sunshine state leaders face a meticulous examination of left -wing immigration activists and the environment because of its location and its objective.

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“Building a naked tent detention center on the hot tarmac in the middle of the Everglades and exhibiting immigrants imprisoned on the elements is a cruel and absurd proposal,” said Melissa Abdo, PHD, regional director of the National Parks Conservation Association Sun Coast, in a press release of July 1 in opposition to ease. “The intense heat, the humidity and the storms of the Everglades can be dangerous without appropriate precautions. The distant and lasting nature of this installation could leave people in danger very real, especially since the heat index of Florida rises from the mountains on the way and the season of the hurricanes intensifying.”

Greg Norman of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.