'A Humanitarian Crisis': Brooklyn Jail That Left Inmates Without Heat During Extreme Cold Gets Hit With Lawsuit

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The lights are finally on at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, New York. The federal jail had been housing some 1,654 female and male inmates with limited power—and allegedly little heat—for at least a week, including during the polar vortex-induced cold snap that delivered subzero chills to New…

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