Miami Correctional Facility
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| Location | Grissom Air Reserve Base, Deer Creek Township, Miami County, near Bunker Hill, Indiana, USA |
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| Coordinates | 40°38′42″N 86°08′06″W / 40.645°N 86.135°WCoordinates: 40°38′42″N 86°08′06″W / 40.645°N 86.135°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | – level 4 max security |
| Capacity | 3188 |
| Population | 3147 (as of 2011) |
| Opened | 1998 |
| Managed by | Indiana Department of Corrections |
| Warden | Kathy Griffin |
| Street address | 3038 West 850 South |
| City | Bunker Hill |
| County | Miami County |
| State | IN |
| Postal code | 46914-9810 |
| Country | US |
| Website | www |
| Notable prisoners | |
| J. J. Paulsen | |
The Miami Correctional Facility is a state prison located near Bunker Hill, Indiana, on the site of the Grissom Joint Air Reserve Base at West 850 South and US-31, about 11 miles north of Kokomo, Indiana. It was established in 1998 and houses high-, medium-, and minimum-security inmates, all of whom are adult males.[1] At full capacity, Miami can house 3,188 prisoners, making it the largest facility in the state of Indiana. The level-one inmates are housed outside of the prison fence in dormitory-style living units which can accommodate a maximum of 204 prisoners. The high- and medium-security facilities are inside of the fence and hold the level-two and -three inmates in two-man cells.[2]
On March 6, 1996, the Indiana Prison Site Selection Committee announced that the downsized Grissom Air Force Base would be the site for the state’s newest prison. The committee had wanted to ensure that the prison was erected in an area that was not in opposition to a prison. The Miami community had promoted their county through a yellow ribbon campaign for the new prison site because such a facility would provide needed local jobs that had been lost when the air force base, the county's largest employer, downsized.
Construction of Phase I began in August 1997 and was ready for the first inmates to arrive in May 1999. John VanNatta, the first superintendent of Miami Correctional Facility, arrived with the first wave of prisoners. He had previously served as the superintendent of the Atterbury Correctional Facility for ten years. Construction of Phase II of the facility began in 1999 and opened to inmates in October 2001. Superintendent VanNatta was called up in January 2003 from Indiana’s reserve to serve as warden of Guantanamo Bay Prison. Stanley Knight filled in for VanNatta during his absence. Walter Martin assumed the post in June 2006 when VanNatta took a job with the federal government. Mark Sevier became the next superintendent and transferred to Westville Correctional Facility in 2014. The current Superintendent as of November 2014 is Kathy Griffin. Griffin is a retired Army First Sergeant and former Superintendent of Chain O' Lakes Correctional Facility.
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