Ingham County jail running on backup generators after losing power Monday
The Ingham County jail and sheriff's office are using generator power to keep lights on amid a power outage that began during Monday's severe storms.
Severe storms Monday storms left much of Mason without electricity, and that included the jail, at 640 North Cedar St.
In a Facebook post, Ingham County Sheriff Scott Wriggelsworth said a lightning bolt did "some fairly significant damage" to the building's electrical infrastructure.
The storms swept eastward across southern lower Michigan, knocking out power for more than 15,000 utility customers in the Lansing area, and more than 350,000 statewide.
At the jail complex, power was out until about 2 p.m. Wednesday, according to a Facebook post. The ICSO's central records office was closed Tuesday because of the power disruption.
The outage disrupted daily operations Tuesday, said Capt. Robert Earle, the jail's administrator. But thanks to resources provided by area organizations, he said staff and inmates were able to proceed as usual.
"There has to be some repairs going into the holiday weekend. Those repairs and the equipment is just not available, so that's something that's going to take a couple days for the parts to arrive, so we're probably looking at a couple more days on generator power," he said.
Contact reporter Jared Weber at 517-582-3937 or jtweber@lsj.com.
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