The Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General released a report on the electrical fire and ensuing power outage at the MDC Brooklyn last winter.  You can access the report here. There were significant heating issues at the MDC, but these were unrelated to the fire.  Turns out, there are “long-standing temperature regulation issues,” which … Read more

Earlier this week, the New York Times ran a story on the state of care, and lack of care, for women detained at the MDC in Brooklyn.  In particular, it highlighted the stories of pregnant women, including one who lost her baby while in custody.  The article notes that “[t]he treatment of women, pregnant and otherwise, … Read more

Eastern District Judge Cheryl Pollak has scheduled a hearing on the conditions of confinement, particularly for women, at the MDC. For years, lawyers have raised issues about the conditions of confinement in general and the conditions of confinement for women in particular.  As reported in today’s New  York Daily News, the National Association of Women Judges … Read more

Below is a message from Denise Barrett from the National Sentencing Resource Counsel Project reporting on new rules relating to the Bureau of Prisons’ Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP). The BOP changed some of the RDAP rules.  They are published in the federal register and take effect May 26, 2016. Unfortunately, BOP has retained the … Read more