Local elected officials on July 14 called on the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Department of Justice to immediately halt the intake of immigrant detainees at ...

A federal judge blasted a gun trafficker’s “absurd” argument he needed a makeshift weapon at the MDC Brooklyn jail for protection, comparing it to trying to put out a fire with gasoline.

A gun trafficker says he shouldn’t get a longer sentence after being caught with a makeshift weapon in his cell at MDC Brooklyn – because the federal lockup is so violent he needs it for ...