IONIA, Mich. (WOOD) — Loved ones say Ionia County Jail inmates complained of feeling ill for days before nine were hospitalized over the weekend due to a carbon monoxide buildup.
The loved ones said some inmates were still feeling sick Monday.
The Ionia County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday blamed the carbon monoxide buildup on a malfunctioning boiler. It said inmates in a nearby unit experienced headaches and nausea.
Deputies: Nine inmates hospitalized after carbon monoxide buildup at Ionia County Jail
“For the first few days, they didn’t know it was carbon monoxide,” Jalyssa Dureen, an inmate’s girlfriend, told News 8 Monday. “(My boyfriend) was puking black, his lips were turning blue, that sort of stuff.”…