The law enforcement operation was "designed to achieve our shared goal of maintaining a safe environment for both our employees and the incarcerated individuals housed at MDC Brooklyn."
The jail has faced increasing scrutiny over bad conditions, rampant violence and multiple deaths, leading to calls from the Justice Department to fix problems and hold accountable the perpetrators.
Federal prosecutors charged nine inmates in connection with a spate of attacks at the Metropolitan Detention Center, detailing severe safety issues including two stabbing deaths.
According to prosecutors, an inmate orchestrated a murder-for-hire plot using a contraband cellphone while awaiting sentencing for directing a prior shooting.
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