The Miami Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison located at the former Grissom Air Force Base about 70 miles north of Indianapolis, can house up to 3,100 people. Annie Goeller, chief communications officer for IDOC, said part of the facility has not been filled because of a staffing shortage.

The new migrant detention facility is clearly a planned follow-up to the Florida-based Alligator Alcatraz, which was opened earlier this year

Indiana Motor Speedway expressed displeasure at Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s announcement Tuesday that a new migrant detention center would reference the motorsport company.