The Metropolitan Detention Center in Sunset Park is now housing ICE detainees, following an agreement allowing such placements in federal prisons. Reports indicate that most detainees have no criminal convictions, raising questions about the appropriateness of sending them to a facility known for housing violent offenders. Concerns were voiced by prison employees and federal judges regarding the safety and civil treatment of detainees, given MDC's chaotic history with incidents of violence, drug smuggling, and inmate misconduct during incarceration.
An agreement signed earlier this year between ICE and the Bureau of Prisons allows for the placement of immigrant detainees at federal prisons across the nation.
Several federal judges expressed concern about the MDC, highlighting its history of violence, with inmates reportedly attacking each other and engaging in fraudulent schemes.
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