The Detroit Free Press has documented five fatal and two nonfatal falls or jumps at two Jackson-area prisons since January 2020.

The apparent suicide attempt at Parnall prison near Jackson came weeks after lawmakers axed from the budget funds to improve prison railing safety.

Michigan’s first state prison is set to find new life as a farmers market next year. Renovations have already started on the former prison, which hasn’t been active since 1934. Grow Jackson expressed ...