Event Details
January 01, 2020
Description
Lockdown initiated at MCC to search for a rumored smuggled gun.
Participants (2)
| Name | Type | Mentions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| correctional officers | person | 16 | View Entity |
| Inmates | person | 8 | View Entity |
Source Documents (1)
EFTA00009800.pdf
This document is an email circulating an Associated Press article from March 5, 2020. The article details a criminal investigation by the Justice Department into the flow of contraband, specifically a potential gun, at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in New York, where Jeffrey Epstein had died the previous summer. The investigation caused a severe lockdown impacting inmate rights and legal proceedings, drawing criticism from David Patton of the Federal Defenders of New York.
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