US closing troubled NYC jail where Epstein killed himself
The U.S. government said Thursday it is shutting down a federal jail in New York City after a slew of problems that came to light following disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide there two years ago.
The federal Bureau of Prisons said the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan will be closed at least temporarily to address issues that have long plagued the facility, including lax security and crumbling infrastructure.
The facility, which has held inmates such as Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán and Mafia boss John Gotti, currently has 233 inmates, down from a normal population of 600 or more. Most are expected to be transferred to a federal jail in Brooklyn.