Monroe County Sheriff

Seventeen-year-old Ayana Addisu was a Bloomington High School North student.

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is following through on his threat of legal action against the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office regarding a policy on the detention of undocumented immigrants.

Monroe County Sheriff Ruben Marté is again imploring county officials to pick up the pace on establishing a new county jail, warning the community will face long-term consequences if they don't.

The Monroe County Council has tabled a motion to de-appropriate more than $10 million in local income tax bonds meant to go toward a new county jail.

The Monroe County Council may consider de-appropriating funds that have gone toward consultants the county commissioners hired to help establish a new jail.

The Monroe County Commissioners say Sheriff Ruben Marté and the county council will choose the size and bed capacity of a new county jail, not the commissioners.

Last legislative session, state lawmakers gave Rokita’s office the power to enforce a state ban on local policies that restrict immigration-related cooperation with federal authorities.

An engineering consultant says Monroe County should build a new jail with 450 to 500 beds instead of renovating the current 294-bed facility.

Monroe County Sheriff Ruben Marté says he wants to get inmates at the county jail into off-site housing to bring down the facility’s population.

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says current county jail conditions have improved amid efforts to establish a new facility.