Following the riot, Indiana authorities suspended further transfers of Arizona inmates, pending measures to help out-of-state inmates adjust to Indiana prison policies, and to ensure that inmates were transferred more gradually to be able to integrate them into the prison population at New Castle. In 2008 and 2009, prisoners at the Reeves County Detention Complex in Texas, the largest privately owned prison in the United States, rioted over poor conditions. The complex housed more than 3700 prisoners, mostly immigrants serving short sentences prior to deportation.
As a result of the disturbance, Indiana authorities put a hold on further transfers of Arizona inmates until they could implement measures to help out-of-state inmates adjust to Indiana's prison rules and ensure that inmates were transferred in a more gradual manner so they could be assimilated into the New Castle prison population. In 2008 and 2009, prisoners at the Reeves County Detention Complex in Texas, the largest privately owned prison in the United States, rioted over substandard conditions. The complex housed more than 3700 prisoners, mostly immigrants serving short sentences prior to deportation.