Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn

For the city jail, see Brooklyn Detention Complex. For the other federal administrative detention facility in New York City, see Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York.

Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn
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Location80 29th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11232
StatusOperational
Security classAdministrative facility (all security levels)
Population1,712
Managed byFederal Bureau of Prisons
WardenHeriberto 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.[1] 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."[2]

  1. ^ "MDC Brooklyn". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
  2. ^ Correal, Annie; Goldstein, Joseph (February 9, 2019). "'It's Cold as Hell': Inside a Brooklyn Jail's Weeklong Collapse". New York Times. Retrieved February 10, 2019.