EFTA00127743.txt

"According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) Brooklyn is an administrative security Metropolitan Detention Ce"

"on February 7, 2019, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) initiated a review and inspection of MDC Brooklyn"

"January 27, 2019, MDC Brooklyn experienced an electrical fire that caused a partial power outage in its West Building"

"Federal Bureau of Prisons' (BOP) Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) Brooklyn"

"electrical fire at the Federal Bureau of Prisons' (BOP) Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) Brooklyn caused a partial power outage"

"Michael E. Horowitz, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice"

"temperatures in MDC Brooklyn's West Building occasionally fell below the BOP's winter target temperature"

"On Sunday, January 27... MDC Brooklyn had an electrical fire in the West Building's mechanical room"

"MDC Brooklyn staff contacted the New York City Fire Department, which responded to the facility in less than 15 minutes"

"MDC Brooklyn's West Building receives a high-voltage electrical current"

"MDC Brooklyn maintains a second medical x-ray machine in the East Building"

"the City of New York delivered 400 blankets to MDC Brooklyn on Saturday, February 2"

"One indigent inmate, housed in Unit 6-2"

"The OIG initiated this review and inspection to determine whether the BOP took appropriate steps to address issues caused by the fire and power outage"

"the power outage... at the facility... MDC Brooklyn"

"former Warden of MDC Brooklyn Herman Quay"

"former acting BOP Director Hugh Hurwitz"

"reassigned former acting BOP Director Hugh Hurwitz to his permanent position as Assistant Director for the BOP's Reentry Services Division"

"on Sunday afternoon the Warden contacted the Northeast Regional Director and informed him of the situation"

"the Northeast Regional Director informed the acting BOP Director of the situation"

"the MDC Brooklyn Warden and BOP management decided not to evacuate"

"acting BOP Director told the OIG"

"the approximately 500 inmates who were represented by the Federal Defenders of New York"

"Federal Defenders of New York, Inc. v. Federal Bureau of Prisons and Warden Herman Quay"

"minimize the effect that future facilities issues and disruptive events have on inmates at MDC Brooklyn, we recommend that the BOP"

"the fire and power outage during the week of January 27 to February 3, 2019... conditions of confinement for inmates [at MDC Brooklyn]"

"we spoke with the following BOP management officials: the acting BOP Director"

"Congresswoman Velazquez again toured the facility, along with Congressman Jerrold Nadler and Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney"

"Congresswoman Velazquez again toured the facility, along with Congressman Jerrold Nadler"

"Congresswoman Velazquez again toured the facility, along with... Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney"

"Wyn Hornbuckle Deputy Director of Public Affairs U.S. Department of Justice"

"Federal Bureau of Priumn... Thomas R. Kane Deputy Director"

"NINA S. PELLETIER ASSISTANT INSPECTOR GENERAL"

"the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) facility at MDC Brooklyn"

"Warden Herman Quay"

"mentioned by MDC Brooklyn's Associate Warden for Operations"

"The Assistant Director of the BOP's Information, Policy, and Public Affairs Division (IPPA)"

"The Deputy Director of the DOJ Office of Public Affairs"

"Before the Honorable Lashann Dearcy Hall, United States District Judge... Federal Defenders of New York, Inc. v. Federal Bureau of Prisons and Warden "

"Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez stated on Twitter that she would visit MDC Brooklyn... She toured the facility later that afternoon."

"it received a request for comment (sent at 11:12 p.m. Thursday night) from The New York Times"

"Warden Herman Quay"

"United States v. Dino Sanchez"

"United States v. Segura-Genao"

"United States v. Segura-Genao... Judge Analisa Torres toured the West Building"

"Federal Defenders of New York, Inc. v. Federal Bureau of Prisons and Warden Herman Quay"

"Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) Brooklyn experienced a partial power outage"

"Warden Herman Quay... MDC Brooklyn"

"the DOJ Office of the Inspector General (OIG) initiated a review and inspection of MDC Brooklyn to determine whether the BOP took appropriate steps"

"The BOP Failed to Adequately Address Preexisting Heating and Cooling Issues at MDC Brooklyn"