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

Ervin Robinson II, 42, died April 12 after he fell from a gallery at the Charles Egeler Reception and Guidance Center north ...

In August 2023, a prison employee complained to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's office that gallery railings at the two prisons were too low, putting workers at risk of falling or being pushed to their ...

Five inmates have died at Egeler or Parnall, prison facilities in Jackson County, under similar circumstances since 2020, the Detroit Free Press reported. A man died after falling from an upper ...

In August 2023, a prison employee complained to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's office that gallery railings at the two prisons were too low, putting workers at risk of falling or being pushed to their ...

In August 2023, a prison employee complained to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's office that gallery railings at the two prisons were too low, putting workers at risk of falling or being pushed to their ...