Monroe County Jail

Timeline: Monroe County Jail

2024-04-29 Potential new location: North Park. VET Environmental, for Monroe County submits Phase 1 Environmental Study for North Park on West Hunter Valley Road [copy of report]
2024-09-13 Current facility status. Monroe County sheriff Ruben Marté sends report to Monroe County commissioners on the topic of the status of current jail building systems like the fire protection, sewer, HVAC, elevator, and the roof. [copy of report]
2024-09-09 Size of new facility. ACLU attorney Ken Falk send email to Monroe County officials with a criticism of the idea that the number of beds in a proposed new jail should be as small as 300. [copy of emailed message]
2024-08-15 Potential new location: Vernal Pike. Monroe County property owners Craig Cowden and Dee Burris send letter to Monroe County commissioners and Monroe County councilors clarifying that there is a cap on the price they are asking for their land of $3 million apiece. [copy of letter]
2024-08-13 Potential new location: Vernal Pike. The chambers of commerce for Bloomington and Ellettsville sent letter to Monroe County officials supporting consideration of the Cowden property on Vernal Pike and Woodyard Road as the site of a new jail. [copy of letter]
2024-07-24 Need for new jail? New Leaf New Life releases and statement about the construction of a new Monroe County jail. [copy of statement]
2024-04-29 Potential new location: North Park. VET Environmental submits a site reconnaissance report for the North Park West Hunter Valley Road potential jail site [copy of report]
2024-04-29 Need for new jail? RQAW Architecture issues feasibility study to Monroe County commissioners. [copy of study]
2024-01-23 Current facility status. TMonroe County sheriff Ruben Marté sends a memo to various county officials about the Monroe County jail population. [copy of memo]
2024-xx-xx This is a copy of Monroe County's annual jail report for 2023. [copy of annual report]
2023-11-30 This email message was sent on Nov. 30, 2023 by Monroe County sheriff Ruben Marté to several people, including The B Square. The message contains his reaction to the deliberations by Monroe County commissioners about their decision to revise the county's ARPA plan to fund a contract position for a jail transition director. The sheriff's email reacts to the lack of enthusiasm expressed by commissioners for bringing someone on board who is not currently working in the sheriff's office—not to the outcome of their decision to amend the APRA plan. [copy of email message]
2023-10-27 This is a geotechnical report on the Thomson PUD property commissioned by the Monroe County commissioners to investigate the possibility of using the Thomson PUD as a location for a new jail. [copy of report]
2023-09-27 This is an environmental site assessment of the Thomson PUD property commissioned by the Monroe County commissioners to investigate the possibility of using the Thomson PUD as a location for a new jail. [copy of site assessment]
2008-02-13 Richardson v Monroe County Sheriff ACLU Complaint.pdf This is a copy of the lawsuit that was filed in 2008 by the ACLU on behalf of the prisoners at the Monroe County jail, over conditions at the jail. [copy of complaint]