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Mayhem, Murder and Staff Misconduct at Brooklyn BOP Lockup
Loaded on March 1, 2025
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2025, page 34
Filed under:
Cell Searches,
Drug Testing,
Prison/Jail Murders,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Cell Phone Access,
Searches - Cellphones/Computers/Internet.
Location:
New York.
The Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), a notorious federal jail in Brooklyn, New York, has made the news repeatedly thanks to some high-profile detainees held there to await trial. But federal prosecutors have also charged nine detainees for a series of assaults on fellow detainees, including two murders.
Additionally, as of ...
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