Former NFL star Mark Ingram approved for prison release

Detroit — Federal prison officials Wednesday approved a request to release retired New York Giants wide receiver Mark Ingram Sr. on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic, according to court records.

Ingram's lawyer, David Jones, revealed the government's decision late Wednesday, two weeks after requesting the Flint native's release from Milan federal prison, saying the former football star was suffering from dementia and susceptible to COVID-19.

Mark Ingram (Photo: Lou Toman, Associated Press)Ingram, 54, whose son and namesake is a running back with the Baltimore Ravens, has 10 months remaining on a 21-month sentence for violating supervised release stemming from a conviction for…