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Jamel Floyd protest. (Photo: Adrian Childress/Bklyner)SUNSET PARK – Brooklynites marched 14 blocks yesterday to demand justice for Jamel Floyd, an inmate at the Metropolitan Detention Center, who died of a heart attack after correctional officers pepper-sprayed him in his cell Wednesday morning. The protest began at St. Michael’s
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SUNSET PARK – A heat and electricity-deprived federal facility [/jail-without-heat/] set off rolling protests outside of the Sunset Park prison this weekend. After several days, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) finally released a statement [https://twitter.com/LisaRoznerTV/status/1091860847562027008/photo/1] Saturday confirming services would be restored Monday, but the
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Metropolitan Detention Center on 2nd Avenue via Google Street ViewJoaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the notorious Mexican drug lord whose net worth is estimated at well over $1 billion [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3168750/The-Rich-Kids-Cartel-Mexico-drugs-lord-El-Chapo-s-blinged-children-fabulous-wealth-flash-cars-guns-Paris-Hilton-selfies-pet-lions.html] , may now be residing in Brooklyn. Unlike many expats in Brooklyn, El Chapo
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The Metropolitan Detention Center, on 29th Street near the waterfront, houses 1,800 inmates. (Photo via U.S. Bureau of Prisons)On June 3rd, 2016, four judges — Robin S. Garson [https://ballotpedia.org/Robin_S._Garson], Cheryl J. Gonzales [https://ballotpedia.org/Cheryl_Gonzales], Brenda P. Murray [https://www.federalpay.