Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn
United States federal administrative detention facility in Brooklyn, New York City / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn (MDC Brooklyn) is a United States federal administrative detention facility in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. It holds male and female prisoners of all security levels. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.
Location | 80 29th Street Brooklyn, NY 11232 |
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Status | Operational |
Security class | Administrative facility (all security levels) |
Population | 1,712 |
Managed by | Federal Bureau of Prisons |
Warden | Heriberto Tellez |
Most prisoners held at MDC Brooklyn have pending cases in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. MDC Brooklyn also holds prisoners serving brief sentences.[1] As of April 2022, 1,712 prisoners are held in MDC Brooklyn.
In 2019, one former warden, Cameron Lindsay said that "The M.D.C. was one of the most troubled, if not the most troubled facility in the Bureau of Prisons."[2]