A national nonprofit that aids low-income people behind bars is reopening its Atlanta branch.

The attorney for the leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov_ Gretchen Whitmer says his client should not be sentenced to life in prison because prosecutors overstated his role in the plot and have created a “false narrative of a terrifying para-military leader."

Volusia County officials issued a letter of intent to fire the corrections director Wednesday after multiple reports of him mistreating inmates and employees at the jail.

There's no dispute about some of the evidence in the trial of two men accused of wanting to kidnap Michigan’s governor.

Defense lawyers have rested their case in the trial of two men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan's governor.

Prosecutors have rested their case against two men on trial for a second time in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020.

A man who pleaded guilty to conspiring to kidnap Michigan's governor says two other men were “very eager” to move forward with the plan in 2020.

Defense attorneys have grilled an FBI informant in the trial of two men accused of conspiring to kidnap Michigan’s governor.

An FBI agent who works undercover has told jurors about a ride to see Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's vacation home in 2020.

A second trial is underway for two men accused of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

A white Iowa woman who said she drove her SUV into two children in 2019 to try to kill them because of their race has been sentenced to 25 years in prison on federal hate crimes charges.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – The Orange County jail is seeing an outbreak of COVID-19 cases. There are 83 inmates who have tested positive for the virus, as of Thursday, according to Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings. “Out of the 83 who have tested positive, 68 of the inmates are asymptomatic, 15 are symptomatic. “Really our county jail has done a magnificent job, and the county, the county health systems as well, in trying to contain the pandemic. The jail released a statement to News 6 about the outbreak:“The Orange County Jail has seen a recent increase in inmate COVID-19 cases.

“We have a lot of people in the jail, a lot of close contact that goes on between not ... only employees but inmates,” Goodyear said. In the first several months of the Pandemic, from March through July 29 when the first inmate tested positive, just 9 tests had been carried out at the Jail. “Those are tests we may not know about,” he said, clarifying the any positive cases were certainly reported. This means that 63 tests have been conducted since the first DOH round of testing on Aug. 6. “I can’t guarantee anything in any place with that this virus is is very evident in the community,” he said.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – After being suspended in March because of concerns over the coronavirus, the Orange County Jail Video Visitation Center is reopening with new guidelines. According to officials, the Video Visitation Center at jail will reopen Monday at 9 a.m.Visitation by family and friends had been suspended since March 29. “New guidelines will be in place when visitation resumes to include a revised schedule,” an Orange County Jail representative said. “Visitors must wear face masks and have their temperature checked to be admitted to the center." “It’s important for inmates to stay connected with family and other loved ones, and we’re pleased to be able to reopen Video Visitation in a safe fashion,” said Chief of Corrections Louis A. Quiñones, Jr.All visits must be scheduled by calling 407-836-8061.