Federal law enforcement officers initiated a large-scale search at the troubled jail where several high-profile detainees have been held.
Federal law enforcement officers launched a massive search for contraband at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn on Monday, following a string of violent incidents involving illicit items that were snuck into the jail, according to officials and a person in contact with inmates.
A federal Bureau of Prisons spokesperson said in a statement that the operation was preplanned and there was no active threat. As of late Monday, the search was ongoing. The bureau said several agencies were involved, including the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General. A reporter's video from the scene shows personnel with the FBI and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration outside the jail.
“Everybody's thrown down on the ground, handcuffed, taken out, completely strip-searched,” he said. “Then put them in a dry unit one by one until they tear the unit apart.”about the jail, said such searches can last six to eight hours depending on what investigators are searching for.
“I personally know that guards will bring in phones for $1,000,” Antone said. “They'll pick it up from an inmate's family, the phone and the charger, everything.” Inside the jail, he said phones are then sold for four to 10 times the cost.One of the recent actions federal officials took to stem violence in the Metropolitan Detention Center was increasing pay for correction officers. Guards in the federal system are paid on a national scale and less than officers at local jails.
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