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Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York

Federal detention facility in Manhattan, New York

Federal detention facility in Manhattan, New York

FieldValue
prison_nameMetropolitan Correctional Center, New York
image[[File:MCC New York jeh.JPG275px]]
locationManhattan, New York City
coordinates
statusInactive
classificationAdministrative facility
population0
opened1975
managed_byFederal Bureau of Prisons
wardenMarti Licon-Vitale
website

The Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York (MCC New York) is a temporarily-closed United States federal administrative detention facility in the Civic Center of Lower Manhattan, New York City. It is located on Park Row behind the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse at Foley Square. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.

MCC New York holds male and female prisoners of all security levels. Most prisoners held at MCC New York have pending cases in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. MCC New York also holds prisoners serving brief sentences.

The Los Angeles Times stated that the prison is often referred to as the "Guantanamo of New York", and The New York Times stated that its administrative segregation units had severe security measures.

History

Opened in 1975 in the Civic Center neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, MCC New York was the first high-rise facility to be used by the Bureau of Prisons. Prisoners were assigned to one of 10 separate, self-contained housing units, resulting in little movement within the facility. In 2002, it was widely reported that MCC New York was severely overcrowded.

Numerous high-profile individuals have been held at MCC New York during court proceedings, including Gambino crime family bosses John Gotti and Jackie D'Amico, drug dealer Frank Lucas, Ponzi scheme fraudster Bernie Madoff, terrorists Omar Abdel Rahman and Ramzi Yousef, sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and weapons trafficker Viktor Bout. After being extradited to the United States, Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán was housed in the facility.

On August 26, 2021, the Federal Bureau of Prisons announced that the prison would be temporarily closed because of its deteriorating condition. At the time of the announcement, 233 prisoners were held there. They were moved to other prisons while the department dealt with the problems.

Facility

The correctional center is housed in a 12-story high-rise building located at 150 Park Row in the Civic Center neighborhood. In 2017, it had 796 inmates, both male and female, which is far more than its design capacity of 449. The facility has one female wing; seven General Population male wings, six of which feature cells and one is a dorm; one Special Housing Unit (SHU); and one maximum security unit. Each unit takes up two stories. All General Population units feature a gym (no weights), a kitchen (microwaves, hot water, ice), and five TV sets (one in the gym and four in the common area). Offices, classes, and computers are located on the unit's second floor. The jail is chronically understaffed.

Inmates in the 10-South wing are locked inside single-man cells 23 hours a day that are continuously monitored by CCTV cameras and have lights on at all times. Prisoners are kept isolated: their cells are equipped with showers, and the only time they're taken outside their cells is for exercise in an indoor cage. No outdoor recreation is permitted. Most 10-South prisoners are subject to special administrative measures, which severely restrict their communication with other prisoners and with the outside world.

The 9-South wing is a designated SHU. It houses inmates that violated prison rules; new arrivals that have not been medically cleared for General Population yet; and inmates in Protective Custody (PC). Both inmates in a cell are cuffed at the back through a food slot every time the cell door is to be opened. Inmates are escorted to the shower three times a week, always cuffed. The wing has leaky plumbing that results in prisoners encountering pools of standing water and sewage, and it also has rodent and cockroach infestations.

Notable inmates (former)

Inmate NameRegister NumberPhotoStatusDetails
[34892-054](https://archive.today/20121213024154/http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=IDSearch&needingMoreList=false&IDType=IRN&IDNumber=34892-054&x=72&y=6)[[File:Omar_Abdel-Rahman.jpg80px]]Transferred to FMC Butner.Leader of the terrorist organization al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya; convicted in 1995 of seditious conspiracy for masterminding a foiled plot to bomb high-profile targets in New York City, including the United Nations, the Lincoln Tunnel, the Holland Tunnel, and the George Washington Bridge in what is known as the New York City landmark bomb plot, as well as conspiring to assassinate Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Nine followers are serving sentences at ADX and other federal facilities.
Abu Hamza al-Masri[67495-054](https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/)[[File:Abu Hamza al-Masri mugshot.jpg80px]]Transferred to ADX Florence.Egyptian cleric and former associate of deceased Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden; extradited from the UK in 2012; convicted in 2014 of masterminding the 1998 kidnapping of Westerners in Yemen and conspiring to establish a terrorist training camp in Oregon in 1999.
Abu Anas al-LibiUnknownDied in custody at New York-Presbyterian Hospital on January 2, 2015 while awaiting trial.High-ranking Al-Qaeda operatives; indicted in 2000 on conspiracy charges stemming from Al Qaeda's [1998 bombings of two US embassies in East Africa](1998-united-states-embassy-bombings), which killed 224 people.
Khalid al-Fawwaz[67497-054](http://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/#)Transferred to USP Victorville.
Michael Avenatti[86743-054](https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/)[[File:Michael Avenatti.jpg80px]]Transferred to FCI Terminal Island.Convicted in New York of attempting to extort Nike and honest services fraud related to his client; also facing two other pending trials relating to tax evasion, filing false tax returns and allegations of defrauding clients including Stormy Daniels.
[91641-054](http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=IDSearch&needingMoreList=false&IDType=IRN&IDNumber=91641-054&x=87&y=20)[[File:Viktor Bout.jpg80px]]Transferred to USP Marion.Russian arms dealer; convicted in 2011 of conspiring to kill Americans and supplying anti-aircraft missiles and other weapons to FARC, a Marxist group on the U.S. State Department list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
Daryl Campbell[75951-054](https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/)Transferred to Brooklyn MDC.Plead guilty to federal gun charges
Jeffrey Epstein[76318-054](https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/)[[File:Jeffrey Epstein mug shot.jpg80px]]Died in custody of suicide by hanging in his cell on August 10, 2019 while awaiting trial.Sex trafficking charges. It was the first recorded suicide at MCC in 21 years.
Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani[02476-748](https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/)80pxTransferred to ADX Florence, and then to USP McCreary.Al-Qaeda terrorist convicted for his role in the [bombing of embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.](1998-united-states-embassy-bombings) He was on the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list from its inception in October 2001. In 2004, he was captured and detained by Pakistani forces in a joint operation with the United States, and was held until June 9, 2009, at Guantanamo Bay detention camp. He was then sentenced to life imprisonment in the United States and sent to ADX Florence, but then later transferred to USP McCreary.
[18261-053](http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=IDSearch&needingMoreList=false&IDType=IRN&IDNumber=18261-053&x=88&y=19)[[File:John Gotti 2.jpg80px]]Trasnferred to MCFP Springfield.Boss of the Gambino Crime Family in New York City from 1985 to 1992; convicted of murder, murder conspiracy, loansharking, illegal gambling, obstruction of justice, bribery, and tax evasion in 1992.
Unknown[[File:Sammy Gravano (arrest photo - 1990).jpg80px]]Released in 1994 after serving less than one year of a five year sentence.Former underboss of the Gambino Crime Family; turned government witness and testified against boss John Gotti. Placed in the Federal Witness Protection Program in return for turning government witness in 1991.
Joaquín Guzmán[89914-053](https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/)[[File:Booking photo of Joaquin “El Chapo“ Guzman (front).jpg80px]]Transferred to ADX Florence.title=El Chapo trial: Mexican drug lord Joaquín Guzmán found guiltydate=February 12, 2019}}
Patrick Ho[76101-054](http://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/#)[[File:Patrick Ho.jpg80px]]Released on June 8, 2020.Charged with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and money laundering. Three years' imprisonment and fined $400,000 in March 2019.
Bernie Madoff[61727-054](https://archive.today/20121213000333/http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=IDSearch&needingMoreList=false&IDType=IRN&IDNumber=61727-054&x=98&y=16)[[File:BernardMadoff.jpg80px]]Transferred to FCI Butner.Former financier; pleaded guilty in 2009 to fraud, money laundering, perjury and theft for perpetrating the largest Ponzi scheme in US history, robbing thousands of investors of over $65 billion over 20 years; the story was featured on the CNBC television program *American Greed*.
Paul Manafort[35207-016](https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/)[[File:Face detail, Paul Manafort at 2016 RNC (cropped).jpg80px]]Transferred to home confinement.Former Trump campaign manager, lobbyist, political consultant, and lawyer. Sentenced to 47 months in prison for lobbying violations and bank and tax fraud. Moved from FCI Loretto in June 2019. Expected to be released December 24, 2024, moved back to Loretto in August 2019. Pardoned by Trump on December 23, 2020.
Ahmad Khan Rahimi[78312-054](https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/)[[File:SEEKING INFORMATION Ahmad Khan Rahami (cropped).jpg80px]]Transferred to ADX Florence.American-Afghan man from Elizabeth, New Jersey who was convicted in U.S. District Court and New Jersey state court for use of weapons of mass destruction, bombing a place of public use, attempted murder of law enforcement officers and various other charges.
Sayfullo Habibullaevich Saipov[79715-054](https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/)[[File:Sayfullo_Saipov.png80px]]Transferred to ADX Florence.Sayfullo is being held in MCC, New York on a conviction of perpetrating a terrorist attack in New York City. He was charged with Providing material support for a terrorist organization and Destruction of a motor vehicle.
Ross Ulbricht[18870-111](https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/)Transferred to USP Florence High, then to USP Tucson.Creator and operator of Silk Road, a darknet market website known for selling narcotics and other illicit goods. Sentenced to two consecutive life sentences plus 40 years.
[Akayed Ullah](2017-new-york-city-subway-bombing)[79827-054](https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/)[[File:Akayed Ullah.png80px]]Transferred to ADX Florence.Convicted in 2018 for terrorism in a plot to bomb the New York City Subway with explosives.
Ramzi Yousef[03911-000](https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/)[[File:Ramzi_Yousef.gif80px]]Transferred to ADX Florence.last=Bernsteinfirst=Richarddate=March 5, 1994title=EXPLOSION AT THE TWIN TOWERS; 4 ARE CONVICTED IN BOMBING AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER THAT KILLED 6, STUNNED U.S.work=The New York Timesurl=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/05/nyregion/explosion-twin-towers-4-are-convicted-bombing-world-trade-center-that-killed-6.html?pagewanted=all}}
John Zancocchio[48744-080](https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/)Released on July 31, 2018.Racketeering charges
Chuck Zito[12032-054](https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/)[[File:Chuck_Zito_2013.jpg80px]]Transferred to FCI Lewisburg.President of the New York Nomads chapter of the Hells Angels; pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in 1986

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