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Heritage Trail Correctional Facility

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Heritage Trail Correctional Facility is a state prison located in Hendricks County, Indiana. Rated capacity: 1,066. Reported population: 858. Security level: Minimum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.

Background

The Heritage Trail Correctional Facility is a private minimum-security state prison for men located in Plainfield, Hendricks County, Indiana, United States, operated by the GEO Group under contract with the Indiana Department of Correction. Heritage Trail is operated at minimum security and focuses on inmates transitioning out of the system. Heritage Trail first opened in 2014 following the closure of the Indiana Boys School. The facility had an average capacity of 827 inmates through 2014. The facility stands on the site of the former state reformatory, the Indiana House of Refuge, first established in 1867.

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Capacity

1,066

Current population

858

Occupancy

80%

Year opened

2014

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

2014

Region

Indiana

Security level

Minimum

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.

Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Contact & address

501 West Main Street, Plainfield 46168
(317) 839-7751
Official site

Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

0/100
Low concern0/100
Overcrowding
0/30
Oversight reports
0/30
Structural flags
0/15
Death signals
0/15
Conditions text
0/10

This facility scores 0. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 2 points below national average.

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Compared to other facilities in United States

7436 peers
Occupancythis: 80% · peers avg: 93% (13%)
Capacity (beds)this: 1066 · peers avg: 547 (+95%)

Data completeness

74%

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BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-heritage-trail-correctional,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Heritage Trail Correctional Facility},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/heritage-trail-correctional-facility},
  urldate = {2026-10-21}
}