Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-New York, far right, stands beside Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams on Sunday, as she uses a megaphone to amplify her voice so the inmates of the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn can hear her. Photo: Kathy Willens/AP
State lawmakers in Albany said New York Attorney General Letitia James is also considering litigation over the conditions, which she said were “unacceptable, illegal, and inhumane” in a statement late last week.
February 04, 2019 at 11:48 AM
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The Federal Defenders of New York have filed a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Prisons over reported conditions of no heat or electricity in parts of the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn for nearly a week while temperatures outside plummeted well below freezing.
State lawmakers in Albany said New York Attorney General Letitia James is also considering litigation over the conditions, which she said were “unacceptable, illegal, and inhumane” in a statement late last week.
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