Ervin Robinson II, 42, died April 12 after he fell from a gallery at the Charles Egeler Reception and Guidance Center north of Jackson, Michigan Department of Corrections representative Lucas ...

A Michigan Department of Corrections Officer accused of smuggling drugs into the prison that employs him near Jackson has taken a plea offer. Joshua Michael Evans pleaded guilty April 1 to one felony ...

The Senate panel's action followed a series of Free Press articles about fatal jumps and falls at two Jackson-area Michigan prisons.

Jenni Riehle, a spokeswoman for Michigan Department of Corrections ... heights at either Egeler or a second Jackson-area prison, Parnall Correctional Facility. Each prison has a similar tiered ...