The Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Sunset Park has begun housing individuals detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), with reports indicating that between 100 and 120 detainees are currently housed there. The Federal Bureau of Prisons agreed to an interagency arrangement expanding the number of facilities accepting ICE detainees to eight. Critics, including The Legal Aid Society, have condemned this expansion, citing MDC's troubling history of neglect, poor conditions, and inadequate medical care, fearing that the situation for detainees may worsen due to systemic issues within the facility.
"Over the years, MDC has become synonymous with egregious neglect and abuse... conditions will further deteriorate due to chronic understaffing."
"The BOP has entered an interagency agreement that allows ICE to place detainees in eight BOP facilities, including MDC Brooklyn."
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