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Search for contraband underway at federal jail in Brooklyn
Federal law enforcement officers initiated a large-scale search at the troubled jail where several high-profile detainees have been held.
By
Charles Lane
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Notorious Federal Jail In Lower Manhattan To Close
The facility, best known as the site of Jeffrey Epstein's suicide, could shutter as early as October.
By
Jake Offenhartz
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Ghislaine Maxwell Denied Bail, Trial Date Set For July 2021
Maxwell entered a plea of not guilty.
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David Cruz
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Ghislaine Maxwell Transferred To Brooklyn Federal Jail
The Bureau of Prisons confirmed that Maxwell has been taken to Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn today after being arrested and held in New Hampshire last week
By
Ben Yakas
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Doctor Sounds Alarm: Conditions Inside Federal Jail In Brooklyn Are Promoting Spread Of COVID-19
A former chief medical officer for the city jails said that the jail was "ill-equipped" to stop the spread of COVID-19, and that jail administrators were destroying medical records.
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Beth Fertig
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Fire At Notorious Brooklyn Federal Jail As NYC Enters Heat Wave
Lawyers visiting clients when the fire broke out said the facility went into lockdown, and reported acrid chemical smoke coming from vents as they were escorted out of the building through a smoke-filled lobby.
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Nick Pinto
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Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Warden Of Freezing, 'Inhumane' Brooklyn Jail
Not only did the warden fail to take steps to improve conditions in the jail, according to the lawsuit, he and his team repeatedly lied about them.
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Nick Pinto
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Brooklyn Jail Officials Accused Of Lying About Heat Outages: 'What The Warden Said Was False'
Instead of intervening to protect those incarcerated at the jail, the warden at M.D.C., Herman Quay, lied about the extent of the crisis, while downplaying long-standing issues at the facility, attorneys said.
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Jake Offenhartz
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Guards Pepper Spray Protesters At Brooklyn Jail Where Inmates Went Without Heat For A Week
'How is that? We live in a 3rd World country?' the mother of one inmate, Yvonne Murchison, asked.
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Stephen Nessen
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WNYC Staff
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Protests Continue As Officials Report 'Intolerable, Immoral' Conditions Inside Freezing Brooklyn Jail
Elected officials who toured the detention center on Saturday painted a dire picture of conditions at the 1,600-person jail.
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Jake Offenhartz
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