Benjamin Weiser and Annie Correal
Articles written by the author
Brooklyn Jail That Lacked Heat Faces a 'Humanitarian Crisis,' Lawsuit Claims
NEW YORK — Defense lawyers in New York filed suit Monday over what they said was a “humanitarian crisis” in a troubled Brooklyn federal jail, where a heating system breakdown and a power failure led to inmates being locked down in frigid and dark cells.Brooklyn Jail That Lacked Heat Faces a 'Humanitarian Crisis,' Lawsuit Claims
NEW YORK — Defense lawyers in New York filed suit Monday over what they said was a “humanitarian crisis” in a troubled Brooklyn federal jail, where a heating system breakdown and a power failure led to inmates being locked down in frigid and dark cells.Federal Judge Will Tour Brooklyn Jail That Lacked Heat and Power
NEW YORK — The crisis at a troubled Brooklyn federal jail has drawn the attention of more than a half-dozen judges, with one planning to tour the jail Tuesday to investigate complaints of freezing temperatures and darkness that followed a heating system breakdown and power failure in the facility.New York Jail That Lacked Heat Faces a 'Humanitarian Crisis,' Lawsuit Claims
NEW YORK — Defense lawyers in New York filed suit Monday over what they said was a “humanitarian crisis” in a troubled Brooklyn federal jail, where a heating system breakdown and a power failure led to inmates being locked down in frigid and dark cells.Brooklyn Jail That Lacked Heat Faces a 'Humanitarian Crisis,' Lawsuit Claims
NEW YORK — Defense lawyers in New York filed suit Monday over what they said was a “humanitarian crisis” in a troubled Brooklyn federal jail, where a heating system breakdown and a power failure led to inmates being locked down in frigid and dark cells.Brooklyn Jail That Lacked Heat Faces a 'Humanitarian Crisis,' Lawsuit Claims
NEW YORK — Defense lawyers in New York filed suit Monday over what they said was a “humanitarian crisis” in a troubled Brooklyn federal jail, where a heating system breakdown and a power failure led to inmates being locked down in frigid and dark cells.Federal Judge will tour a jail that left inmates shivering
Another judge ordered the jail, known as the Metropolitan Detention Center, to allow inmates to begin meeting with their lawyers.