MDC Brooklyn, the notorious prison housing Maduro and his wife / Photo: Leonardo Munoz - AFP
-
Swiatek stunned at Miami Open by 50th-ranked Linette
-
Italy, Germany and France offer help with Hormuz only after ceasefire
-
US-backed airstrikes leave Ecuador border communities in fear
-
'Blackmail': EU leaders round on Orban for stalling Ukraine loan
-
Displacement, bombs and air raid sirens weigh on Mideast Eid celebrations
-
James ties NBA record for most regular-season games played
-
BTS to drop new album ahead of comeback mega-gig
-
Netanyahu says Iran 'decimated,' Tehran targets Gulf petro-facilities
-
Carrick uncertain if Man Utd defender De Ligt will return this season
-
US, Israel tactics diverge on Iran as Trump's goals still 'fuzzy'
-
Japan PM placates Trump on Iran, but faces Pearl Harbor surprise
-
Brazil presidential hopeful Flavio Bolsonaro praises Bukele
-
The Iran war and the cost of killing 'bad guys'
-
US stocks cut losses on Netanyahu war comments as energy prices soar again
-
Forest beat Midtjylland on penalties to reach Europa League quarters
-
Netanyahu says Iran decimated as Tehran warns of 'zero restraint' in energy attacks
-
Salvadoran anti-corruption lawyer jailed to 'silence her', husband says
-
California to rename Cesar Chavez Day after sex abuse claims
-
Yazidi woman tells French court of rape, slavery and escape from IS
-
New FIFA ruling boosts prospects for women coaches
-
Megan Jones to captain England in Women's Six Nations
-
Trump says told Netanyahu not to attack Iran gas fields
-
MLS reveals shortened 2027 campaign details
-
FIFA planning for World Cup to 'go ahead as scheduled' amid Iran uncertainty
-
Braves outfielder Profar's full MLB season ban upheld: report
-
Mideast war exposing Europe's reliance on Gulf flights, airlines warn
-
Ghalibaf: Iran's new strongman running war effort
-
UN shipping body urges 'safe maritime corridor' in Gulf
-
Venezuelan student freed after months in US immigration custody
-
Trump to Japan PM: 'Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?'
-
US mulls lifting sanctions on Iranian oil at sea despite war on Tehran
-
IMF raises concern over global inflation, output over Iran war
-
Middle East war weighs on global trade outlook: WTO
-
Cunningham out for NBA Pistons with collapsed lung
-
Belarus frees 250 political prisoners in US-brokered deal
-
Iran attacks on gas and oil refineries heighten fears over war fallout
-
Fernandez 'completely committed' to Chelsea insists Rosenior
-
Call to add Nazi camps to UNESCO list
-
England cricket chiefs to front up to media over Ashes flop
-
'Miracle': Europe reconnects with lost spacecraft
-
Nigeria 'challenged by terrorism', president says on UK state visit
-
Woltemade deployed too deep to be dangerous at Newcastle, says Nagelsmann
-
Wimbledon expansion plan gets legal boost
-
EU summit fails to rally Orban behind stalled Ukraine loan
-
New Morocco coach praises 'well-deserved' Cup of Nations decision
-
Senegal to appeal CAF Africa Cup of Nations decision
-
'Mixing things up': Nagelsmann goes for flexibility in new Germany squad
-
Record-setter Hodgkinson hopes 'fourth time lucky' at world indoors
-
Atletico target Romero says his focus on Spurs' survival bid
-
Karalis hits prime form to threaten Duplantis surprise
MDC Brooklyn, the notorious prison housing Maduro and his wife
Deposed Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores are the latest high-profile inmates held in Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center, the largest federal pre-trial holding facility in the United States.
After the pair pleaded not guilty Monday to drug trafficking and other charges, a federal judge in New York ordered Maduro and Flores be confined in the hulking lockup until further notice.
With the capacity for 1,600 inmates, MDC Brooklyn is the only prison in New York City designated to hold suspects facing federal trial.
Recent detainees include disgraced rap mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's former accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, and another former Latin American president charged with drug trafficking: Juan Orlando Hernandez of Honduras, who recently received a pardon from US President Donald Trump.
The heavily used MDC Brooklyn has faced accusations of mismanagement, and is regularly criticized for its aging facilities and consistent issues with administering health care for those held inside.
The jail has been plagued by a series of high-profile incidents, including a devastating power outage in the middle of a freezing winter in 2019 and the stabbing deaths of two inmates in 2024.
Recently, it has begun holding migrants suspected of being in the country illegally as part of Trump's ongoing immigration crackdown.
Daniel Lambright, special counsel for the New York Civil Liberties Union, described the facility as having spoiled food, unchecked violence and lack of medical care for inmates.
"MDC Brooklyn is a secretive, inhumane disaster that should have no place in immigration enforcement," Lambright said, adding that "no one should endure such abuse."
H.E.Young--AMWN
