A tense rally was held outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn on Saturday following news reports that hundreds of inmates there have spent the past week largely without power or the ability to communicate with their attorneys or families. The federal Bureau of Prisons said Saturday work to restore power to a detention center in New York City where inmates have gone without heat and electricity for a week will be completed by Monday.
A group at the rally vowed to camp outside the facility until conditions improve. Video posted to social media showed protesters shining flashlights on the dark correctional facility.
A congresswoman who visited the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn for the second time on Saturday said officials are not taking the situation seriously enough.
The U.S. Department of Justice said Sunday it will work with the Bureau of Prisons to probe what happened there.
"In the coming days, the Department will work with the Bureau of Prisons to examine what happened and ensure the facility has the power, heat and backup systems in place to prevent the problem from re-occurring," said Wyn Hornbuckle, deputy director of public affairs for the Justice Department.
On Saturday, a tense rally was held there following news reports that hundreds of inmates there have spent the past week largely without power or the ability to communicate with their attorneys or families. Outdoor temperatures had been well below freezing last week, though Sunday was warmer.
A group at the rally had vowed to camp outside the facility until conditions improve. Video posted to social media showed protesters shining flashlights on the dark correctional facility.
Earlier Sunday, some demonstrators attempted to enter the facility, and witnesses said guards drove them back with pushes, shoves and pepper spray. A reporter and photographer for The Associated Press were at the facility when a woman, whose son is being detained, tried to get into the jail.
On Sunday, an inmate was able to call through the window of his cell, which faces out to the street, to his mother below.
"I'd trade places with him any day, that's my child," she said.
The jail administration did not return an email seeking comment on the clash Sunday.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for an investigation of the circumstances of the loss of heat and electricity by the federal Department of Justice, saying the situation was "a violation of human decency and dignity" and also raises "questions of potential violations of law."
The Democrat said he wanted answers, and those responsible held accountable.
"Prisoners in New York are human beings," Cuomo said. "Let's treat them that way."
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