JAIL

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, our country spends $81 billion a year on mass incarceration. These dollars go to staffing the jails and meeting the basic needs of the more than two million Americans incarcerated. But when they leave prison or jail and go back to society, the support systems designed to help them is complicated. Most programs to help with reentry into the outside world come from non-profit organizations, or ones that have small budgets.

The News4JAX I-TEAM is digging deeper into the new healthcare provider for the Duval County Jail.

Johnathan Quiles defense attorney said the 38-year-old claims he is being mistreated in the Duval County Jail, because of the media attention the case has garnered over the past four years. Quiles says people inside the jail are calling him a monster and a predator and he has concerns about how the court will be able to find a jury that’s impartial.

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."

News4JAX on Friday obtained videos and photos from the Fourth Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office as part of the investigation into the death of Daniel Taylor, who died following an altercation with corrections officers.

The Fourth Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office has concluded its criminal investigation into the in-custody death of a Duval County jail inmate, concluding that no law enforcement personnel will face charges in the 30-year-old’s death.

The Fourth Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office has concluded its criminal investigation into the in-custody death of a Duval County jail inmate, concluding that no law enforcement personnel will face charges in the 30-year-old’s death.

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.

A lawyer has raised concerns about a juror in the second trial of two men charged with planning to kidnap Michigan's governor.

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

Flagler County Sheriff's deputies intercepted a drug smuggling operation into the jail.

News4JAX has an update on six JSO officers who have been arrested over the past two years. We've learned none will serve jail time.

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.

The Nassau County jail is dealing with a spike in coronavirus cases impacting about a fifth of its inmate population, authorities said. According to the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office, 46 male inmates — or about 21% of the 212 inmates in custody there — have been placed in quarantine after testing positive for the virus. The surge in cases at the Nassau County jail comes as Florida’s jails and prisons continue to grapple with the virus. While most inmates and staff have been cleared after testing positive, 208 inmates have died. Last month, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office confirmed that three inmates at the Duval County jail have died as a result of complications from COVID-19.

Pointing to “lasting harm” from booking photos posted online, a Senate Democrat has filed a proposal that would prevent the release of the photos taken when people are arrested. Sen. Randolph Bracy, D-Orlando, filed the proposed public-records exemption (SB 444) on Wednesday. It will be considered during the legislative session that starts March 2. The bill would allow the release of booking photos in certain circumstances, such as if a person poses an immediate threat to the public. “In the absence of the special circumstances specified in this act, the potential for lasting harm from use or publication of an arrest booking photograph online far outweighs any immediate public benefit of viewing the arrest booking photograph of a person who poses no immediate danger to the public.”

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