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Shrinking staff, rising violence: Problems have plagued proposed 'Speedway Slammer' for years
Officials have shared few details about partnership that would make Miami Correctional Facility a major immigration detention center.
INDYCAR, Pato O'Ward respond to ICE-related 'Speedway Slammer' nickname for Miami Correctional Facility
The Miami Correctional Facility, approximately 70 miles north of downtown Indianapolis, is making 1,000 beds available to ICE ...
Mexican IndyCar driver 'caught off guard' by ICE's 'Speedway Slammer' post on social media
Pato O'Ward, a Mexican-born IndyCar driver, was "caught off guard" by the Department of Homeland Security's post depicting an ...
After pushback from IndyCar, social media post from Department of Homeland Security touting 'Speedway Slammer' taken down
The deletion came after DHS initially pushed back against IndyCar’s protestations. In a statement on Aug. 6, DHS said in a ...
'Speedway Slammer' immigration jail set to be Trump's next 'Alligator Alcatraz'
The company behind the Indy 500 questioned the government's use of its Speedway imagery to brand an immigration jail.