Branchville Correctional Facility News

Mike Hubert, a Branchville Correctional Facility maintenance employee critically injured by three offenders who escaped in March, was presented a certificate of heroism Tuesday by Gov.

Only one of Gov. Mitch Daniels' five stops during a 300-mile swing through Southern Indiana today and Wednesday won't have an economic theme.

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels will be in Vincennes, IN Tuesday morning to kick off a two-day tour of the Tri-State. Governor Daniels will be at the Schott production plant at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday to announce the expansion of its specialty glass manufacturing operations.

This final installment of an occasional series checks up on Michelle Collins and her family of Boonville, Ind., and Charles Stewart, 64, of Evansville.

The wheels of government seldom move as quickly as many would like but we were impressed that security improvements at Branchville Correctional Facility were made quickly after the escapes of three men.

At Wednesday's meeting of Perry County commissioners, several residents living on or near Girl Scout Road, joined by Girl Scout representatives and those of Recovery Connection Inc.

My name is Danny R. Bolin. I am an inmate at Branchville Correctional Facility and I am writing this letter on behalf of myself, Paul James and Shawn Kahler, who are housed in a therapeutic community program dorm for treatment of alcoholics, drug addictions and criminal behaviors.

The Indiana Department of Correction, in partnership with the Indiana Sheriffs' Association, continues to provide an automated system to alert residents living near a state correctional facility of public-safety emergencies.

Seven new light towers and a 50-strand stun fence are the latest security enhancements at Branchville Correctional Facility.

Deft driving skills and a bit of luck saved the life of a skunk Thursday morning.

Editor's Note: Due to its size, this column about a planned recovery home on Girl Scout Road will run in two parts, today and in Thursday's edition.

The county got $2,390 from the sale of an ambulance for which it received no offers in a previous attempt to sell it, County Auditor Connie Berger reported at a regular meeting of the county commissioners Aug.

Karen Ann Smith, a substance-abuse counselor family community entry specialist for Branchville Correctional Facility's substance-abuse re-entry department, was recently featured in Cambridge Publishing's "Top 101 Industry Experts" book.

Karen Smith is a Certified Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor II for Branchville Correctional Facility's Substance Abuse Re-Entry Department BRANCHVILLE, IN, June 4, 2009 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Karen Ann Smith, MS, CADAC II, Substance Abuse Counselor III and Family Community Re-Entry Specialist for Branchville Correctional Facility's Substance ...

The Circle S store on Indiana 37 near the Branchville Correctional Facility may be a convenience store by definition, but it's more of a community hub, offering food, fuel and other necessities to many Perry Countians.

New post: Superintendent, Northeast Juvenile Correctional Facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana Department of Correction.

BRANCHVILLE Two Indiana House members have secured funding for an electrified security fence at Branchville Correctional Facility.

The state prison will use the money to replace its chain-link fence with an electric security parameter fence.

The ongoing threat of an Indiana outbreak of H1N1 influenza prompted the suspension of visits last week at Branchville Correctional Facility and the Perry County Jail.

Friday afternoons are when families can visit the Henderson County Detention Center.