About a dozen current and former state prison officials in Jackson County are accused of ignoring pleas for help from a prisoner in mental distress before he was injured in a 30-foot fall, according ...

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 ...

Michigan's first state prison in Jackson is being transformed into a farmer's market set to open in 2026, bringing new life to the historic site closed since 1934.

Construction is underway at historic Jackson Prison with plans for a spring 2026 opening, possibly under local nonprofit Grow Jackson's management.

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — A Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) mental health employee has been charged in connection with an alleged inappropriate relationship with an inmate under her care, ...