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Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn
The Metropolitan Detention Center located at 80 29th Street near Gowanus Bay, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues on 29th Street, in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York, is one of several MDCs operated by the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons.[1]
The federal detention center was built to hold 1,000 inmates.[2] It houses both male and female inmates.[1]
It was built to hold prisoners awaiting arraignments or trials in Federal courts.[2] The center was built mainly to serve the Federal courts of the Eastern District of New York, which includes Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and Long Island.[2] But it also can be used to hold prisoners awaiting trial or arraignment in the Southern District of New York, including Manhattan, the Bronx, Westchester, and five upstate New York counties.[2]
It opened in the early 1990s over opposition from neighbors and local elected officials.[2] Critics feared that the jail, with its staff, inmates, visitors, and supply deliveries would overburden neighborhood traffic and water and sewer systems.[3]
In 1999, a second facility (the West Side) was opened adjacent to the original complex (the East Side) to house federal inmates in-transit/holdover (those inmates who have already been sentenced and are on their way to another institution), bringing the total number of inmates being housed at the institution to close to 3,000.
In order to run the largest detention center in the country, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) opened a prison camp within the confines of the institution. Currently, over 300 "cadres" (so called "campers") are designated at MDC in order to maintain the facilities and feed the 3,000 or so inmates.
Inmate Crime and status Number Mohamed Mahmood Alessa Charged with conspiring to kill, maim, and kidnap people[4] N/A Carlos "Omar" Eduardo Almonte Charged with conspiring to kill, maim, and kidnap people[4] N/A Peter Gatien New York mafioso[5] N/A John A. Gotti, Jr. Gambino crime family head[6] 00632-748 Peter Gotti New York mafioso[7] 99109-012 Hal Turner Radio broadcaster, threatening federal judges; Moved to the Communication Management Unit, Federal Correctional Complex, Terre Haute.[8][9] 30057-050 Al Sharpton Baptist minister; 90 days in MDC, Brooklyn in 2001[10] N/A Aafia Siddiqui Suspected al-Qaeda member[11] 90279-054 Ronell Wilson Killed two undercover policemen in 2003[12] N/A Najibullah Zazi Convicted al-Qaeda member[13] N/A Albert Gonzalez Corporate cyber-crime[14] N/A Adam Jasinski Big Brother 9 Winner; Plead guilty to drug trafficking[15] 27493-038 See also
References
- ^ a b "MDC Brooklyn". Bureau of Prisons. http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/bro/index.jsp. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Prial, Frank J. (February 6, 1991). "Jail Is Planned For Brooklyn, And Foes Rise". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/06/nyregion/jail-is-planned-for-brooklyn-and-foes-rise.html?pagewanted=1. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
- ^ Lambert, Bruce (December 19, 1993). "Lambert, Bruce, "U.S. to Open Jail, Despite Snags"". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/19/nyregion/neighborhood-report-sunset-park-us-to-open-jail-despite-snags.html. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
- ^ a b "Lawyers for terror suspects from North Bergen and Elmwood Park will ask federal judge to allow bail at hearing today in Newark". NJ.com. http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1276152059131710.xml&coll=3. Retrieved June 10, 2010.
- ^ Marzulli, John (September 4, 2002). "Gotti'S Solitary Complaint". New York: Nydailynews.com. http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2002/09/04/2002-09-04_gotti_s_solitary_complaint.html. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
- ^ Patrice O'Shaughnessy (July 8, 2009). "John (Junior) Gotti doesn't get bail, despite kidney stones 'pain worse than labor'". New York: Nydailynews.com. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/09/2009-07-09_john_junior_gotti_doesnt_get_bail_despite_kidney_stones_plea.html. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
- ^ Marzulli, John (September 4, 2002). "Gotti'S Solitary Complaint". New York: Nydailynews.com. http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2002/09/04/2002-09-04_gotti_s_solitary_complaint.html. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
- ^ "North Bergen shock jock Hal Turner says he is a terrorist target in federal lock-up". NorthJersey.com. May 18, 2011. http://www.northjersey.com/news/North_Bergen_shock_jock_Hal_Turner_says_he_is_a_terrorist_target_in_federal_lock-up.html.
- ^ See U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald's December 16th, 2010 Sentencing Memorandum in United States of America vs Harold Turner, which details Turner's activities in MDC, Brooklyn.
- ^ Feuer, Alan (June 12, 2001). "Sleeker by 14 Pounds, Sharpton Fights On". NYTimes.com. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/12/nyregion/sleeker-by-14-pounds-sharpton-fights-on.html. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
- ^ Zambito, Thomas (September 11, 2008). "Shrink won't help, Lady Al Qaeda says". New York: Nydailynews.com. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2008/09/11/2008-09-11_shrink_wont_help_lady_al_qaeda_says-2.html. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
- ^ Brick, Michael (February 6, 2007). "Detectives' Killer Breaks Windows in Jail". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/06/nyregion/06wilson.html?ref=nyregion. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Rashbaum, William K.; Robbins, Liz (September 26, 2009). "Terror Suspect Is Transferred to New York for Trial". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/26/us/26terror.html. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Verini, James, "The Great Cyberheist", The New York Times Magazine, November 10, 2010 (November 14, 2010 p. MM44 of the Sunday Magazine). Retrieved 2010-11-15.
- ^ Contreras, Russell, "'Big Brother 9' champ gets 4 years in drug case", boston.com, January 21, 2011 . Retrieved 2011-02-14.
External links
- MDC Brooklyn Admission and Orientation Manual
- Prison Information
- Democracy Now Article
- Missouri EDU article
Coordinates: 40°39′37″N 74°00′16″W / 40.66028°N 74.00444°W
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