Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn#Notable inmates
{{Short description|Federal detention facility in Brooklyn, New York}}
{{about||the city jail|Brooklyn Detention Complex|the other federal administrative detention facility in New York City|Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York}}
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{{Infobox prison
| prison_name = Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn
| image = 275px
| location = 80 29th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11232
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| status = Operational
| classification = Administrative facility (all security levels)
| population = 1,712
| opened =
| closed =
| managed_by = Federal Bureau of Prisons
| warden =Heriberto Tellez
}}
The Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn (MDC Brooklyn) is a United States federal administrative detention facility in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. It holds male and female prisoners of all security levels. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.
Most prisoners held at MDC Brooklyn have pending cases in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. MDC Brooklyn also holds prisoners serving brief sentences.{{cite web|title=MDC Brooklyn|url=http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/bro/index.jsp|publisher=Federal Bureau of Prisons}} As of April 2022, 1,712 prisoners are held in MDC Brooklyn.
In 2019, one former warden, Cameron Lindsay said that "The M.D.C. was one of the most troubled, if not the most troubled facility in the Bureau of Prisons."{{cite news |last1=Correal |first1=Annie |last2=Goldstein |first2=Joseph |title='It's Cold as Hell': Inside a Brooklyn Jail's Weeklong Collapse |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/09/nyregion/brooklyn-jail-no-heat-inmates.html |access-date=10 February 2019 |newspaper=New York Times |date=9 February 2019}}
History
MDC Brooklyn occupies land that was originally part of Bush Terminal (now Industry City), a historic intermodal shipping, warehousing, and manufacturing complex.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EBgzAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA21|title=Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn: Environmental Impact Statement|author=United States. Bureau of Prisons|year=1991|page=21|language=en|access-date=November 21, 2018}} The Federal Bureau of Prisons initially proposed converting two buildings at Industry City into a federal jail in 1988, due to overcrowding at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25826830/feds_need_more_space_to_house_the_bad/|title=Feds need more space to house the bad eggs|last=Farrell|first=Bill|date=March 25, 1988|work=New York Daily News|access-date=November 29, 2018|page=70|via=newspapers.com}} {{open access}} There was large opposition from members of the local community, who feared that traffic congestion in the area would rise.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/06/nyregion/jail-is-planned-for-brooklyn-and-foes-rise.html|title=Jail Is Planned For Brooklyn, And Foes Rise|last=Prial|first=Frank J.|date=February 6, 1991|website=The New York Times|access-date=November 21, 2018}} Critics feared that the facility, with its staff, inmates, visitors, and supply deliveries, would overburden neighborhood traffic and water and sewer systems.{{cite news |last=Lambert |first=Bruce |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/19/nyregion/neighborhood-report-sunset-park-us-to-open-jail-despite-snags.html |title=Lambert, Bruce, "U.S. to Open Jail, Despite Snags" |date= December 19, 2003 |work=The New York Times}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25826976/sunset_park_rains_on_jail/|title=Sunset Park rains on jail|last=McMorris|first=Frances|date=May 22, 1991|work=New York Daily News|access-date=November 29, 2018|page=361|via=newspapers.com}} {{open access}} To make room for MDC Brooklyn, one of the original Bush Terminal loft buildings—Federal Building No. 1, formerly occupied by the United States Coast Guard—was demolished in a controlled explosion in August 1993.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25880505/wrecking_crew_clears_way_for_detention/|title=Wrecking crew clears way for detention ctr.|last=Allen|first=Michael O.|date=August 16, 1993|work=New York Daily News|access-date=December 1, 2018|page=341|via=newspapers.com}} {{open access}}
MDC Brooklyn opened in the early 1990s. It was built to hold 1,000 inmates awaiting arraignment or trial at the federal court in the Eastern District of New York.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/06/nyregion/jail-is-planned-for-brooklyn-and-foes-rise.html?pagewanted=1|title=Jail Is Planned For Brooklyn, And Foes Rise|last=Prial|first=Frank J.|date=February 6, 1991|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 26, 2010}} By 2019, according to The New York Times, it held 1600 inmates.{{Cite news| first1 = Annie |last1=Correal| first2 = Andy |last2=Newman |first3=Christina |last3=Goldbaum| title = Protesters Try to Storm Brooklyn Jail With Little Heat or Electricity |newspaper= The New York Times| access-date = February 5, 2019| date = February 2, 2019| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/02/nyregion/brooklyn-federal-jail-heat.html}}
In 1999, a second facility was opened adjacent to the original complex to house inmates who have already been sentenced and are awaiting transfer to a permanent facility. This brought the total number of inmates to close to 3,000 and made MDC Brooklyn the largest detention center in the United States.
In June 2015, a lawsuit filed in 2002 against high-ranking officials of George W. Bush's presidential administration, including former Attorney General John Ashcroft and former F.B.I. Director Robert S. Mueller III, brought by eight, mostly Muslim immigrant detainees, was allowed to go forward by a three-judge federal panel. It alleged that the plaintiffs were subject to chronic arbitrary abuses including beatings, strip searches and solitary confinement. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals decision included one dissent.[https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/18/us/immigrants-suit-over-detention-after-9-11-is-revived.html Immigrants' Lawsuit Over Post 9/11 Detention Is Revived], New York Times, Adam Liptak, June 17, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
In September 2024, it was announced that federal defendants entering the prison system after sentencing will no longer be sent to MDC Brooklyn. This decision is possibly related to a previous ruling by a Federal Court judge who threatened to vacate a man's sentence if he was sent to MDC Brooklyn due to the "dangerous, barbaric conditions" of the jail.{{Cite web |last=Annese |first=John |date=2024-09-15 |title=Fed prison system stops sending newly sentenced inmates to notorious MDC Brooklyn jail |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/09/15/fed-prison-system-stops-sending-newly-sentenced-inmates-to-notorious-mdc-brooklyn-jail/ |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=New York Daily News |language=en-US}} The same month, musician and record producer Sean "Diddy" Combs was incarcerated at the prison's Special Housing Unit.{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/entertainment/live-news/sean-diddy-combs-arrested-nyc-09-17-2024/index.html|title=Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs denied bail and will remain in federal detention, judge rules|publisher=CNN|date=September 17, 2024|accessdate=September 17, 2024}}
Notable incidents
=Inmate assault=
On June 29, 2009, Ronald Atkinson (62416–054), an inmate at MDC Brooklyn who had been arrested in connection with six bank robberies twelve days earlier, committed an allegedly unprovoked assault on a correctional officer, punching him in the head multiple times until he was restrained by correctional officers. As a result of the assault, the officer, whom the Bureau of Prisons did not identify, suffered serious injuries, including a broken nose, broken facial bones, a fractured eye socket, a laceration requiring stitches and two slipped discs in his neck. An 18-year veteran of the Bureau of Prisons, the officer was forced to take a medical retirement as a result of his injuries.{{cite web|title=Defendant Sentenced to 151 Months' Imprisonment for Assaulting Correctional Counselor at the Metropolitan Correctional Center|url=https://www.fbi.gov/newyork/press-releases/2013/defendant-sentenced-to-151-months-imprisonment-for-assaulting-correctional-counselor-at-the-metropolitan-correctional-center|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation|access-date=September 24, 2013|date=July 19, 2013}}
Atkinson was subsequently sentenced to 7 years in federal prison for the bank robberies. On July 19, 2013, he was sentenced to an additional 12 years in prison in connection with the assault. Atkinson is scheduled for release in 2032.{{cite web|title=Inmate Locator - Ronald Atkinson|url=http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=IDSearch&needingMoreList=false&IDType=IRN&IDNumber=62416-054&x=89&y=20|publisher=Federal Bureau of Prisons|access-date=October 28, 2013}} Atkinson is currently housed at USP Coleman I in Sumter County, Florida.{{cite web | title=BOP: Federal Inmates By Name | website=BOP | date=2021-02-28 | url=https://www.bop.gov/mobile/find_inmate/byname.jsp#inmate_results | access-date=2024-10-16}}
=Ronell Wilson=
On February 5, 2013, New York media outlets reported that Nancy Gonzalez, a former federal correction officer, had engaged in a sexual relationship with Ronell Wilson, an inmate at MDC Brooklyn, and that Gonzalez was carrying Wilson's child. Wilson, who was convicted and sentenced to death in 2007 for the 2003 murders of NYPD Detectives Rodney Andrews and James Nemorin, was awaiting a resentencing hearing in Brooklyn federal court after his original death sentence was overturned in 2010, when he began a relationship with Gonzalez. Gonzalez was terminated and arraigned in federal court on charges of sexual abuse of a person in custody, because an inmate cannot legally consent to sex.{{cite news|last=Secret|first=Mosi|title=Impregnated by Prisoner, Guard Now Faces Charges|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/06/nyregion/police-killers-jailer-now-pregnant-with-his-child-is-charged.html?ref=ronellwilson&_r=0|access-date=October 28, 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 5, 2013}}{{cite news|last=Marzulli|first=John|title=Convicted cop killer Ronell Wilson impregnanted female guard in twisted plan to avoid death penalty|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/killer-ronell-wilson-impregnanted-female-guard-avoid-death-penalty-article-1.1255731|access-date=October 28, 2013|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=February 5, 2013}} Wilson was subsequently transferred to the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan. Gonzalez pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual abuse of a ward on July 3, 2013.{{cite news|last=Hays|first=Tom|title=Nancy Gonzalez, New York Jail Guard, Admits To Affair With Convicted Cop Killer Ronell Wilson|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/04/nancy-gonzalez-jail-guard-affair-ronell-wilson-cop-killer_n_3546155.html|work=Huffington Post|access-date=October 28, 2013|date=July 3, 2013}} Gonzalez was sentenced to a year and a day by Federal Judge Brian Cogan on February 9, 2014. Cogan remarked, "[Gonzalez has] severe emotional dysfunction".{{cite web|last=Marzulli|first=John|title=Ronnell Wilson's baby-mama gets prison time|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ronell-wilson-baby-mama-prison-time-article-1.1619996|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=February 9, 2014}}
Wilson was sentenced to death again on September 10, 2013. During the hearing, US District Court Judge Nicholas Garaufis called for a formal investigation by the Justice Department's inspector general into the management of MDC Brooklyn, where, he said, Mr. Wilson was "permitted to treat the MDC as his own private fiefdom."{{cite news|last=Secret|first=Mosi|title=For the Second Time, a Killer of Two Detectives Is Sentenced to Death|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/11/nyregion/for-second-time-killer-of-two-detectives-is-sentenced-to-death.html?_r=0|access-date=October 5, 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 10, 2013}}
= Winter 2019 heating and power issues =
In January and February 2019, over 1,600 inmates were kept with little to no heat and power for a week during the January 2019 North American cold wave. Numerous inmates reported ill health and were seen banging on windows for help. Activists and some New York officials became involved in seeking to improve conditions.{{cite news |last1=Rosenblatt |first1=Kalhan |title=Outrage grows over reports of Brooklyn prison with little heat, electricity during frigid week |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/outrage-grows-over-reports-brooklyn-prison-little-heat-electricity-during-n966186 |access-date=February 3, 2019 |work=NBC News |date=February 2, 2019}} The incident started on the weekend of January 26–27 with a power outage. A faulty electrical panel was repaired but caught fire the next day.{{cite web |last1=Correal |first1=Annie |title=No Heat for Days at a Jail in Brooklyn Where Hundreds of Inmates Are Sick and 'Frantic' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/nyregion/mdc-brooklyn-jail-heat.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=February 4, 2019 |date=February 1, 2019}} Power was restored on the evening of February 3,{{cite web |last1=Nessen |first1=Stephen |title=Power Restored To Brooklyn Jail Where Inmates Went A Week Without Heat |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/02/04/691260314/power-restored-to-brooklyn-jail-where-inmates-went-a-week-without-heat |publisher=NPR |access-date= February 4, 2019 |language=en |date=February 4, 2019}} and the Department of Justice planned to investigate the incident.{{cite web |last1=Walker |first1=Julie |title=Justice Department to probe federal jail in NYC |url=https://www.apnews.com/a0e287e2243e4cb0aaa6912ed218bb08 |publisher=AP News |access-date=February 4, 2019 |date=February 3, 2019}}{{Cite news| issn = 0362-4331| last1 = Weiser| first1 = Benjamin| last2 = Correal| first2 = Annie| title = Brooklyn Jail to Be Visited by Federal Judge After Heat and Power Crisis| work = The New York Times| access-date = February 5, 2019| date = February 5, 2019| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/nyregion/lawsuit-brooklyn-jail.html}} Inmates, family members and lawyers have said that those inmates involved in protesting these harsh conditions through non-violent disobedience and hunger strikes have faced draconian reprisals from jail staff, including being pepper sprayed, subjected to solitary confinement and having toilets shut off. According to a report in The Intercept:
On all three of those housing units where men collectively refused food, jail staff shut off the valves to the toilets in all of the cells, according to accounts relayed to lawyers. Confined to their cells on lockdown, deprived of light, the men on these units now found themselves shivering on their bunks with their heads inches from toilet bowls nearly overflowing with festering feces.{{cite news |last1= Whitford|first1=Emma|last2= Pinto|first2=Nick|date=February 16, 2019|title=Locked Inside a Freezing Federal Jail, They United to Protest Their Conditions — Only to Face Reprisals|url=https://theintercept.com/2019/02/16/metropolitan-detention-center-mdc-brooklyn-jail/|work=The Intercept |access-date=February 17, 2019}}
Notable inmates
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Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado | style="text-align:center;"| 91441-054 | style="text-align:center;"| |Transferred to USP Hazelton. He is serving a 45 year sentence with a release date of 6/19/2060. |Former President of Honduras 2014–2022 (both periods allegedly by fraudulent elections) Hernández is charged with three counts: (1) conspiring to import cocaine into the United States, which carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years and a maximum sentence of life in prison; (2) using and carrying machine guns and destructive devices during, and possessing machine guns and destructive devices in furtherance of, the cocaine importation conspiracy, which carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 30 years and a maximum sentence of life in prison; and (3) conspiring to use and carry machine guns and destructive devices during, and to possess machine guns and destructive devices in furtherance of, the cocaine importation conspiracy, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-21 |title=Juan Orlando Hernández, Former President of Honduras, Indicted on Drug-Trafficking and Firearms Charges, Extradited to the United States from Honduras |url=https://hn.usembassy.gov/juan-orlando-hernandez-former-president-of-honduras-indicted-on-drug-trafficking-and-firearms-charges-extradited-to-the-united-states-from-honduras/ |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=U.S. Embassy in Honduras |language=en-US}} |
| style="text-align:center;" | Genaro García Luna
| style="text-align:center;" | 59745-177 |style="text-align:center;" |80px |Transferred to USP Lee. He is serving a 38 year sentence with a release date of 7/9/2052. |Former Secretary of Public Security of Mexico, arrested in Dallas, Texas in December 2019 for taking millions in bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel. |
| style="text-align:center;" | Ismael Zambada
| style="text-align:center;" | 27102-511 |style="text-align:center;" | | Arrested in El Paso, Texas July 25, 2024, currently awaiting trial. | Known as El Mayo, leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, oversaw trafficking of cocaine and heroin into the United States. |
| style="text-align:center;" | Ronell Wilson
| style="text-align:center;" | 71460-053 |style="text-align:center;" |80px | Transferred to USP Coleman. Serving a life sentence. |Gang leader in Staten Island, New York; murdered NYPD Detectives James Nemorin and Rodney Andrews, who were conducting a sting operation to buy an illegal gun in 2003. Wilson was initially on death row before having his sentence reduced to life without parole on the grounds of that he was mentally disabled.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/06/nyregion/06wilson.html?ref=nyregion|title=Detectives' Killer Breaks Windows in Jail|last=Brick|first=Michael|date=February 6, 2007|work=The New York Times|access-date=May 12, 2010}}{{cite news|last=Hays|first=Tom|date=July 24, 2013|title=Ronell Wilson, NY Cop Killer, Gets Death Penalty|publisher=Huffington Post|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/24/ronell-wilson-death-penal_n_3647987.html|url-status=live|access-date=27 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725095246/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/24/ronell-wilson-death-penal_n_3647987.html|archive-date=25 July 2013}} |
| style="text-align:center;"| Sayfullo Saipov
| style="text-align:center;"| 79715-054 | style="text-align:center;"| 80px | Transferred to ADX Florence. Serving ten life sentences plus 260 years. | Perpetrator of the 2017 New York City truck attack, in which he drove a pickup truck rented from Home Depot and drove it through the protected bike lane of Hudson River Park in Manhattan, killing eight people and injuring eleven others. The incident was considered the deadliest terrorist attack in New York City since the September 11 attacks of 2001. |
| style="text-align:center;"|Frank James
| style="text-align:center;"|83999-053 | style="text-align:center;"|80px | He is serving a life sentence at USP Florence ADMAX. | Perpetrator of the 2022 New York City Subway attack. |
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| style="text-align:center;"|37244-510 | style="text-align:center;"|80px | He is serving a 25 year sentence at FCI Terminal Island with a release date of 12/14/2044. | Convicted of wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy, securities fraud, securities fraud conspiracy, and money laundering in relation to the collapse of FTX. |
| style="text-align:center;"| {{sortname|Vincent|Basciano}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 30694-054 | style="text-align:center;"| 80px | Transferred to USP Coleman. Serving two consecutive life sentences.{{cite news|last1=Marzulli|first1=John|title=EXCLUSIVE: Mobster Vinny Gorgeous rewarded with move from Colorado Supermax|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/exclusive-mobster-rewarded-move-colo-supermax-article-1.2335280|access-date=7 October 2015|work=New York Daily News|date=August 24, 2015}} | Former boss of the Bonanno Crime Family in 2004 after Boss Joseph Massino was arrested; convicted in 2006 of murder, conspiracy and racketeering; convicted in 2011 of ordering the 2004 murder of Bonanno associate Randolph Pizzolo.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/10/nyregion/10gorgeous.html | work=The New York Times | first=William K. | last=Rashbaum | title=Former Salon Owner Is Convicted of Racketeering, but Not Murder | date=2006-05-10}}{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/02/nyregion/vincent-basciano-sentenced-to-life-not-death.html | work=The New York Times | first=Anahad | last=O'Connor | title=Vincent Basciano Sentenced to Life, Not Death | date=2011-06-01}} |
| style="text-align:center;"| Joseph Massino
| style="text-align:center;"| Unlisted | style="text-align:center;"| 80px | Placed in the Federal Witness Protection Program for turning state's evidence in 2004. Died on September 14, 2023. |Convicted in RICO case in 2004 for racketeering, extortion, arson, loan sharking, illegal gambling, money laundering, and seven murders, including ordering the murder of Dominick Napolitano in 1981. Facing the death penalty, he became a federal informant and testified against fellow mobster Vincent Basciano for ordering the murder of Bonnano associate Randolph Pizzolo. |
| style="text-align:center;"| 6ix9ine
| style="text-align:center;"| 86335-054 | style="text-align:center;"| 80px | Moved to a different facility as a safety precaution,{{cite web |title=Is Tekashi 6ix9ine out of jail? Rapper transferred after reportedly receiving death threats|url=https://www.newsweek.com/tekashi-6ix9ine-new-jail-out-transfer-death-threats-real-name-1229151 |website=NewsWeek.com|date=November 23, 2018 }} released to home confinement on April 2, 2020.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/02/tekashi-6ix9ine-prison-released-coronavirus|title=Tekashi 6ix9ine: rapper released from prison early over coronavirus fears|date=April 3, 2020|website=the Guardian}} | Rapper, birth name Daniel Hernandez, charged with racketeering and firearm offenses{{cite web |title=Brooklyn rapper 6ix9ine arrested on racketeering charges |url=https://www.apnews.com/2ae2d334712a4f5792420084bc1e39f6 |website=APNews.com|date=November 20, 2018 }} |
| style="text-align:center;"| Allison Mack
| style="text-align:center;"| 90838-053 | style="text-align:center;"| 80px | Released to home confinement in 2018. Sentenced in 2021 to 3 years' imprisonment, served at FCI Dublin. Released on July 3, 2023.{{cite news |last1=Moses |first1=Claire |title='Smallville' Actress Who Recruited Women for Nxivm Is Released From Prison |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/05/us/allison-mack-released-nxivm.html |access-date=23 July 2023 |work=New York Times |date=5 July 2023}} |Actress; pled guilty in 2019 to racketeering and racketeering conspiracy as part of NXIVM cult.{{cite news | title = Actress Who Recruited Women for Nxivm Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/30/nyregion/allison-mack-nxivm-sentencing.html | first = Colin | last = Moynihan | work = The New York Times | date = 30 June 2021}} |
| style="text-align:center;"|R. Kelly
|style="text-align:center;"|09627-035 |style="text-align:center;"|80px |Serving a 31-year sentence, now at FCI Butner Medium I. Scheduled for release on December 21, 2045. |Singer; racketeering, child sexual abuse, kidnapping, bribery, and sex trafficking charges. Arrested in Chicago and brought to Brooklyn to face trial; convicted in 2021.{{Cite web|last1=Aratani|first1=Lauren|last2=Oladipo|first2=Gloria|date=2021-09-27|title=R Kelly found guilty on racketeering and sex trafficking charges|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/sep/27/r-kelly-racketeering-sex-trafficking|access-date=2021-09-27|website=The Guardian|language=en}} |
| style="text-align:center;"|Fetty Wap
|style="text-align:center;"|71943-509 |80px |Serving a 72-month sentence, now at FCI Sandstone. Scheduled for release on March 9, 2027. |Charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess controlled substances |
| style="text-align:center;"|Frank Cali
|style="text-align:center;"|75768-053 | |Released in 2009 |Charged with extortion |
| style="text-align:center;"| Martin Shkreli
| style="text-align:center;"| 87850-053 | style="text-align:center;"| 80px | Moved to FCI Allenwood Low; released on May 18, 2022. | Former CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals; convicted in 2017 of securities fraud;{{Cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/08/04/news/martin-shkreli-verdict/index.html|title=Martin Shkreli convicted of securities fraud, conspiracy|last=Horowitz|first=Aaron Smith and Julia|date=August 4, 2017|website=CNNMoney|access-date=February 3, 2019}} his bail was revoked after he made a Facebook post offering his followers $5,000 for Hillary Clinton's hair.{{cite news|author=Merle, Renae|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2017/09/13/martin-shkreli-apologizes-for-facebook-post-about-hillary-clinton/|title=Martin Shkreli jailed after Facebook post about Hillary Clinton|newspaper=Washington Post|date=2017-09-13|access-date=2017-09-14}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/14/martin-shkrelis-new-jailhouse-home-is-not-where-you-want-to-be.html|title=Martin Shkreli's new jailhouse home is 'not where you want to be'|last=Mangan|first=Dan|date=September 14, 2017|website=www.cnbc.com|access-date=February 3, 2019}} |
| style="text-align:center;"| Vincent Asaro
| style="text-align:center;"| 83223-053 | | Released on April 20, 2020 | Asaro is New York City mobster and capo in the Bonanno crime family. Asaro was found guilty in a vehicle arson case.[http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/vincent-asaro-john-gotti-grandson-plead-guilty-car-arson-case-article-1.3282579 Gangster Vincent Asaro admits he ordered man's vehicle torched, John Gotti’s grandson cops to driving getaway car] - Daily News New York(07/03/2017) |
| style="text-align:center;"| Keith Raniere
| style="text-align:center;"| 57005-177 |80px |Sentenced to 120 years in prison with a release date of 6/27/2120, now at USP Tucson |Founder of the NXIVM sex cult. Convicted in 2019 for two counts of sex trafficking, racketeering, forced labor conspiracy, attempted sex trafficking, and wire fraud conspiracy.{{Cite news|last1=Hong|first1=Nicole|last2=Piccoli|first2=Sean|date=2020-10-27|title=Keith Raniere, Leader of Nxivm Sex Cult, Is Sentenced to 120 Years in Prison|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/nyregion/nxivm-cult-keith-raniere-sentenced.html|access-date=2021-08-22|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news|last=Gavin|first=Robert|date=2019-06-19|title=NXIVM founder Raniere guilty on all counts|url=https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/NXIVM-founder-Raniere-guilty-on-all-counts-14018002.php|access-date=2021-08-22|website=Times Union|language=en-US}} |
| style="text-align:center;"| Ronald Washington
| style="text-align:center;"| 68635-053 | |Serving a sentence for drug possession and robbery bought to New York to stand trial | rowspan="2" |Accused of shooting Run-DMC DJ Jam Master Jay in 2002, charged in 2020. |
| style="text-align:center;"| Karl Jordan Jr.
| style="text-align:center;"| 05124-509 | |Awaiting trial, co-defendant of Ronald Washington |
| style="text-align:center;"| Linda Weston
| style="text-align:center;"| 68897-066 | | Serving a life sentence and is now at FMC Carswell. | Indicted in 2013 for murder, racketeering, hate crimes and other charges for leading a group who held mentally disabled individuals against their will between 2001 and 2011 in order to steal their Social Security benefits, two of whom died as a result of abuse.{{cite web|title=Philadelphia "Basement of Horrors": 5 charged in hate crime, murder of mentally disabled victims|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/philadelphia-basement-of-horrors-5-charged-in-hate-crime-murder-of-mentally-disabled-victims/|publisher=CBS News|access-date=October 28, 2013|date=January 24, 2013}}{{cite web|title=Federal charges allege captors held adults with disabilities in subhuman conditions to carry out social security fraud|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao/pae/News/2013/Jan/weston_release.htm|publisher=US Department of Justice|access-date=October 28, 2013|date=January 23, 2013}} She was sentenced to life in prison. |
| style="text-align:center;"| Abid Naseer
| style="text-align:center;"| 05770-748 | | Scheduled for release 1/13/2035 and was moved to MCFP Springfield. | Alleged Al-Qaeda operative; extradited from the United Kingdom in 2012 to face charges that he took part in an international conspiracy to conduct bombings in the United States and Europe; sentenced in 2015 to 40 years; three co-conspirators were convicted in 2010 and 2012.{{cite news|last=Secret|first=Mosi|title=Pakistani in Terror Case Is Extradited to New York|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/04/nyregion/abid-naseer-extradited-on-terror-charges-to-new-york-from-britain.html?_r=0|access-date=October 28, 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 3, 2013}} |
| style="text-align:center;"| Jeffrey Atkins
|style="text-align:center;"| 04526-748 | style="text-align:center;"|80px |Served a 28-month prison sentence; released on May 7, 2013. |Rapper known as Ja Rule, sentenced to 28 months in prison for federal tax evasion in a conviction that ran concurrently with his prior two-year prison sentence for attempted possession of a weapon. After being released from state prison, he was transferred to federal custody on February 21, 2013, where he served to remainder of his sentence until his release. |
| style="text-align:center;"| Caswell Senior
| style="text-align:center;"| 20180-509 | 80px |Sentenced to 188 months in prison on June 27, 2023; currently at FCI Sheridan. Release date is 6/3/2034. |Rapper known as Casanova, surrendered to authorities in December 2020 for racketeering, murder, narcotics, firearms and fraud offenses. |
| style="text-align:center;"|Gene Borrello
|style="text-align:center;"| 89749-053 |80px |Served a six-month sentence, released on September 9, 2023. |Former associate of the Bonnano Crime Family, sentenced for breaching the terms of his supervised release for his previous convictions of leading a home invasion crew in Howard Beach, Queens. He had become a government witness and testified against other Bonnano members, including Vincent Asaro. He had broken the terms of his release by appearing on multiple mafia related podcasts and continuing to associate with other former mafia members. |
| style="text-align:center;"|Paul Nicholas Miller
|style="text-align:center;"| 32607-509 |style="text-align:center;"| 80px |Was serving a 41-month sentence; released on July 3, 2023. |American far-right political commentator and streamer, known online as 'GypsyCrusader'. Miller is best known for his cosplays of various characters, most notably Joker. Miller was indicted on charges of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and possession of unregistered rifle on February 25, 2021, stemming from an incident that took place in January 2018.{{Cite web|date=2021-09-28|title=Florida Man Who Called for Race-Based Civil War Sentenced on Multiple Firearms Offenses|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/florida-man-who-called-race-based-civil-war-sentenced-multiple-firearms-offenses|access-date=2021-11-05|website=www.justice.gov|language=en}} |
| style="text-align:center;"| Al Sharpton
| style="text-align:center;"| 21458-069 | style="text-align:center;"| 80px | Served 90 days at MDC Brooklyn in 2001. | Baptist minister, political activist and current MSNBC television host; convicted of trespassing on federal property for protesting against the US military presence on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico.{{cite news|last=Feuer |first=Alan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/12/nyregion/sleeker-by-14-pounds-sharpton-fights-on.html |title=Sleeker by 14 Pounds, Sharpton Fights On |newspaper=NYTimes.com |date=June 12, 2001 |access-date=April 29, 2010}} |
| style="text-align:center;"| Megan Rice
| style="text-align:center;"| 88101-020 | 80px | Released from custody on April 16, 2015. | Anti-nuclear activist and Roman Catholic nun; convicted in 2013 of sabotage for unlawfully entering the Y-12 National Security Complex and vandalizing a facility housing weapons-grade uranium.{{cite web|title=Three Individuals Convicted of Sabotage at the Y-12 National Security Complex Sentenced|url=https://www.fbi.gov/knoxville/press-releases/2014/three-individuals-convicted-of-sabotage-at-the-y-12-national-security-complex-sentenced|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation|access-date=April 27, 2014|date=February 19, 2014}}{{cite news|agency=Reuters|title=Tennessee: Nun Is Sentenced for Peace Protest|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/19/us/tennessee-nun-is-sentenced-for-peace-protest.html?_r=0|access-date=April 27, 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 18, 2014}} |
| style="text-align:center;"| Michael Cohen
| style="text-align:center;"| 86067-054 | style="text-align:center;"| 80px | Serving a sentence of three years. His sentence started at FCI Otisville in May 2019, but was transferred to home confinement in May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In July 2020, he was taken back into federal custody over disputed conditions. Released again later that month.{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/07/09/ex-president-trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-back-federal-custody/5407422002/|title=Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen back at NY fed prison in dispute over release conditions|first=Kevin|last=Johnson|website=USA TODAY}} | Former Trump Organization lawyer. Pled guilty in 2018 tax evasion, making false statements to a financial institution, willfully causing an unlawful corporate contribution, an excessive campaign contribution, making false statements to a congressional committee.{{cite news |last1=Sisak |first1=Michael |last2=Mustian |first2=Jim |title=Cohen's prison reality: A bunk bed in barrack-style hall |url=https://apnews.com/0cc2f99ad85240b3a9a626d66b700576 |access-date=May 5, 2019 |work=AP |date=May 3, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.boston.com/news/national-news/2019/05/03/michael-cohen-otisville-prison-life |title=Here's a look at Michael Cohen's upcoming prison life |first1=Michael R. |last1=Sisak |first2=Jim |last2=Mustian |publisher=Boston.com / AP |
| style="text-align:center;"| Ghislaine Maxwell
|style="text-align:center;"| 02879-509 |style="text-align:center;"| 80px | Transferred on July 6, 2020, to Tallahassee FCI. Serving a 20-year sentence; scheduled for release on July 17, 2037. | Was on trial for helping procure underage girls for Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse.{{cite news|last1=Scannell|first1=Kara|last2=Orden|first2=Erica|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/02/us/ghislaine-maxwell-jeffrey-epstein/index.html|title=Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's longtime associate, has been charged with enticement of minors|work=CNN|date=2 July 2020|access-date=7 July 2020}} |
| style="text-align:center;"|
| style="text-align:center;"| 49134-510 | style="text-align:center;"| |Awaiting sentencing. |Former Chinese businessman. |
| style="text-align:center;"|
| style="text-align:center;"| 86282-054 | |Serving a 24-year sentence at MDC Brooklyn, scheduled for release 11/1/2039. |Member of the Nine Trey Gangsters, orchestrated the kidnapping and robbery of rapper 6ix9ine in 2018. |
| style="text-align:center;"|Austin Wolf
| style="text-align:center;"|22682-511 | 80px |Arrested June 28, 2024, and is currently being held without bail after his first court appearance.{{cite web | url=https://ecf.nysd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/DktRpt.pl?141260446730954-L_1_0-1 | title=SDNY CM/ECF NextGen Version 1.7 }} |Wolf, whose real name is Justin Heath Smith, is a gay adult film star and content creator. He was arrested in June 2024 and charged with possessing and distributing hundreds of videos of child pornography.{{cite web | url=https://www.newsweek.com/austin-wolf-justin-arrested-child-pornography-1918968 | title=Adult film star Austin Wolf busted: Shocking details of child porn charges | website=Newsweek | date=June 28, 2024 }} |
| style="text-align:center;"|Sean Combs
|style="text-align:center;"|37452-054 |80px |Arrested September 16, 2024, and is currently being held without bail after his first court appearance.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-17 |title=Sean 'Diddy' Combs jailed by judge after sex trafficking indictment |url=https://apnews.com/article/sean-diddy-combs-arrested-court-5d570cab4625ca5f9dd16dfd7df4437c |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=AP News |language=en}} |Rapper, record producer and record executive, known professionally as Diddy and formerly P. Diddy and Puff Daddy. He was arrested in September 2024 and charged with sex trafficking and racketeering. |
| style="text-align:center;"| Luigi Mangione
|style="text-align:center;"| 52503-511 | |Arrested December 9, 2024 and transferred to MDC on December 19, 2024. Currently being held without bail after his first court appearance. |Charged with first-degree murder and terrorism for the killing of Brian Thompson, as well as criminal possession of a weapon and stalking. |
| style="text-align:center;"| Rafael Caro Quintero
|style="text-align:center;"| 12303-016 |80px |Arrested in Mexico July 15, 2022 and extradited to the United States on February 27, 2025. Currently awaiting trial. |Former leader of the now defunct Guadalajara Cartel, responsible for the kidnapping of United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena, Camarena's pilot Alfredo Zavala Avelar, the American writer John Clay Walker, and dentistry student Alberto Radelat in 1985. |
| style="text-align:center;"|Tal Alexander
|style="text-align:center;"|50978-511 | |rowspan="3"|Arrested December 11, 2024. |rowspan="3"|Tal and Oren Alexander are luxury real estate agents. In December 2024, they were charged with sex trafficking alongside their brother Alon.{{Cite web |last1=Quinn |first1=Liam |title=Alexander Brothers Held on Sex Trafficking Charges in Same N.Y.C. Jail as Diddy and Luigi Mangione |url=https://people.com/alexander-brothers-same-nyc-jail-diddy-luigi-mangione-8779282 |website=People |access-date=January 23, 2025 |date=January 23, 2025}} |
| style="text-align:center;"|Oren Alexander
|style="text-align:center;"|52667-511 | |
| style="text-align:center;"|Alon Alexander
|style="text-align:center;"|52665-511 | |
See also
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20220620180705/https://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/bro/BRO_aohandbook.pdf MDC Brooklyn Admission and Orientation Manual]
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