"The Brooklyn jail holding Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is a facility so troubled, some judges have refused to send people there even as it has housed such famous inmates as music stars and Sean "Diddy" Combs. Opened in the early 1990s, the Metropolitan Detention Center, or MDC Brooklyn, currently houses about 1,300 inmates. It's the routine landing spot for people awaiting trial in federal courts in Manhattan and Brooklyn, holding alleged gangsters and drug traffickers alongside some people accused of white collar crimes."
"A throng of Venezuelan expatriates, many draped in flags, gathered on the sidewalks outside the jail Saturday night to celebrate Maduro's capture. The crowd cheered as the law enforcement motorcade believed to be carrying the deposed leader and his wife arrived at the jail. Maduro is not the first president of a country to be locked up there. Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras, was imprisoned at MDC Brooklyn while he was on trial for trafficking hundreds of tons of cocaine into the U.S."
The Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn opened in the early 1990s and currently houses about 1,300 inmates. The facility serves as the routine holding site for people awaiting trial in federal courts in Manhattan and Brooklyn, detaining alleged gangsters, drug traffickers and some accused of white-collar crimes. Some judges have refused to send defendants there because of troubled conditions. The jail has held high-profile inmates, including music stars and Sean "Diddy" Combs, and has detained foreign leaders such as Nicolás Maduro. Juan Orlando Hernández was imprisoned there while on trial for cocaine trafficking and later pardoned.
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