In September 2005, the state signed a contract with the for-profit GEO Group, Inc. of Boca Raton, Florida, to run the prison.

Sheriff's Deputies from adjacent Delaware County, along with elements of the Indiana State Police also responded.

Piles of burning debris and smoke plumes were evident, reportedly mattresses, combustible furniture and garbage.

Shortly after 3:30 p.m., J. David Donahue, then the Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Correction, reported that conditions were returning to normal.

[2] The DOC moved 69 Arizona transportees to the Reception Diagnostic Center in Plainfield, Indiana where they were placed in segregation the night of the riot.