Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been kept in the infamous jail in New York City. The name of this jail is Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) Brooklyn. This jail has been so controversial that many American judges have refused to even send the accused here. Despite this, many famous and high-profile prisoners have been kept here. MDC Brooklyn was created in the 1990s. At present about 1,300 prisoners are lodged here.

Here the accused awaiting trial in the federal courts of Manhattan and Brooklyn are kept. These include gangsters, drug smugglers and those accused of economic crimes. maduro He is not the first President to be kept in this jail. Earlier, former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez was also imprisoned here. He was accused of smuggling hundreds of tons of cocaine into America. He was later convicted and sentenced to 45 years in prison, but in December, US President Donald Trump pardoned him and released him.

Which famous faces stayed in this jail

Mexico’s notorious Sinaloa drug cartel leader Ismael El Mayo Zambada Garcia is also currently being held in MDC Brooklyn. Apart from this, Luigi Mangioni, accused of murder of the CEO of United Healthcare Company, is also in this jail. Earlier, crypto businessman Sam Bankman-Fried and Jeffrey Epstein’s close associate Ghislaine Maxwell had also lived here. Apart from this, singer R. Kelly, drug baron Martin Shkreli and music mogul Sean Diddy Combs have also lived here.

Where will Maduro be kept?

Maduro may be kept isolated initially. If later they are kept in the general area, they may also see their old familiar faces there. These include his former intelligence chief Hugo Carvajal. Apart from this, the accused associated with Venezuela’s notorious gang Tren de Aragua are also lodged in this jail.

prisoners were murdered last year

This jail is in the industrial area on the sea shore. The Statue of Liberty is also visible from here. Although the place is good, the conditions of the jail have been said to be bad for a long time. Prisoners and their lawyers have complained about violence and lack of basic facilities here. In the year 2024, some prisoners had murdered two prisoners. This prison is being monitored more closely since 2021, because New York’s second federal prison (Manhattan Prison) was closed after the death of Jeffrey Epstein.

Jail administration claimed improvement

In the winter of 2019, the jail remained immersed in darkness and cold for a week due to power failure. After this, many questions were raised on the condition of this jail. However, the US Federal Prison Administration has claimed that the conditions have improved. New employees and medical staff have been added to the jail. Electricity, water, food and heating systems have also been improved. Strictness has also been increased to stop crime.