The agency’s push to fix the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn comes as detainees, advocates and judges have continued to raise alarms about “dangerous, barbaric conditions,” rampant violence ...

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The facility, the only federal jail in New York City, has been plagued by problems since it opened in the 1990s.

The Brooklyn facility has been described as “hell on earth” and an “ongoing tragedy.” In recent years, its conditions have been so poor that some judges have refused to send people there.

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If the judge agrees, Farwell would remain held in a detention facility until a possible future hearing that would come at his request. “After an opportunity to consult with his counsel ...

A British prisoner serving time at a Portuguese jail for kidnap and robbery has managed to escape by ‘climbing up a ladder’. Mark Roscaleer, 39, is one of the five inmates who escaped from ...

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Multiple Los Angeles police officers have given sworn declarations in opposition to a motion by the city of Los Angeles to dismiss lawsuits collectively filed by hundreds of officers with ...

They blindfolded me,” he said. Alam believes he was taken to Aynaghor, known in Bangladesh as the “House of Mirrors” – a notorious detention center at the headquarters of the Directorate ...

GIVEN ALL THAT, WE FEEL THAT HE WOULD NOT COMPLY WITH ANY SORT OF BAIL CONDITIONS AND THAT PREVENTATIVE DETENTION IS APPROPRIATE. BUT LABELLE SAYS HE ISN’T A RISK. I’M NOT A FLIGHT RISK.

The next criminal trial about alleged abuse at the state-run youth detention center is scheduled to begin in November. Amanda Gokee can be reached at [email protected]. Follow her @amanda_gokee.