Biden Admin Closing Down NYC Jail Where Jeffrey Epstein Killed Himself

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The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday announced it would shut down the historically troubled federal Manhattan jail where disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead two years ago.

The Manhattan Correctional Center (MCC) was the subject of criticism after Epstein, a convicted sex offender who had ties with some of the wealthiest and most powerful people in the world, was discovered dead in August 2019, his death later being ruled a suicide. Epstein was being held in the jail after his arrest on charges that he operated a sex trafficking ring.

“As part of this effort, the Bureau of Prisons has assessed steps necessary to improve conditions at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in New York City,” a Justice Department person said in a statement on Thursday. “In an effort to address the issues at MCC NY as quickly and efficiently as possible, the Department has decided to close the MCC, at least temporarily, until those issues have been resolved.”

The statement continued to say that plans for the MCC’s deactivation are underway and that the Justice Department will “have more updates” in the future. The agency did not provide a timetable for the closure.

“The Department of Justice is committed to ensuring that every facility in the federal prison system is not only safe and secure, but also provides people in custody with the resources and programs they need to make a successful return to society after they have served their time,” the statement added.

According to the Bureau of Prison’s website, there are currently more than 260 inmates being held in the facility.

The facility also held other notorious individuals, including drug cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, whose lawyers had often complained that he was being subject to inhumane conditions inside the federal jail. Other inmates at the jail included Gambino crime family boss John Gotti, who also complained of MCC’s conditions in the early 1990s, as well as drug dealer Frank Lucas, Ponzi scheme fraudster Bernie Madoff, terrorist Omar Abdel Rahman, and terrorist Ramzi Yousef.

By Jack Phillips

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