Protests continue inside and outside of the MDC Federal Detention Center in New York where prisoners, many of whom are pretrial, do not have heat. Prisoners can be heard by people on the outside banging on windows and walls from all over the building. The New York Justice League is outside during the day and night showing prisoners that people on the outside support them. People are bringing warm drinks and food to support Justice League activists. Holding people in prisons without heat in freezing cold weather violates their basic human rights. Protesters are demanding the people being held are treated with dignity and respect as well as treated humanely.
The sound of people banging on windows inside MDC Brooklyn Detention Center is incredibly loud and coming from all over the building. We are letting folks know we hear them and we are here for them. #UntilThereIsHeat #OccupyForHumanity pic.twitter.com/MXwpQLGxRR
— Justice League NYC (@NYjusticeleague) February 3, 2019
We’re still out here, because the people inside MDC Brooklyn Detention Center are still freezing. Call and email J. Ray Ormond, Bureau Of Prisons NE Regional Director: (215) 521-7301 or
NERO/ExecAssistant@bop.gov #UntilThereIsHeat pic.twitter.com/NYlBuXQTuh— Justice League NYC (@NYjusticeleague) February 3, 2019
People inside MDC Brooklyn Detention Center are STILL freezing. PEOPLE. People just like YOU. Just like me. Immediate #calltoaction — Contact Ray Ormond, Bureau Of Prisons NE Regional Director: (215) 521-7301 ExecAssistant@bop.gov #UntilThereIsHeat #TurnUPtheHeat pic.twitter.com/OFfjpSkCEy
— Rasha (@RashaMK) February 3, 2019
It’s gotten dark outside of MDC Brooklyn Detention Center and it’s evident there’s no electricity. People are waving flashlights out of dark windows. #UntilThereIsHeat pic.twitter.com/cuorEZNsTo
— Justice League NYC (@NYjusticeleague) February 2, 2019
We’ve been out here for 12 hours now, and grateful to be able to take warming breaks in an RV. Unfortunately the people being held inside MDC Brooklyn Detention Center have no reprieve. #OccupyForHumanity #UntilThereIsHeat pic.twitter.com/pYknVtgMb4
— Justice League NYC (@NYjusticeleague) February 3, 2019
People are arriving to MDC Brooklyn Detention Center with hot beverages, snacks, hand warmers for all the people out here tonight. This is what community looks like. Thank you! 🙏🏾 #UntilThereIsHeat pic.twitter.com/85MMWa67Ej
— Justice League NYC (@NYjusticeleague) February 3, 2019
Right now: People gathered in Brooklyn to protest over 1,600 people without heat at the Metropolitican Detention Center. This is inhumane.
Sign the petition telling MDC to restore heat NOW: https://t.co/MkqymhUozW pic.twitter.com/jzQJ93Oy9G
— MoveOn (@MoveOn) February 3, 2019
Family members of people who’ve been denied contact with their loved ones for 2 weeks attempted to enter MDC Brooklyn Detention Center and officers inside pepper sprayed them. #OccupyForHumanity #UntilThereIsHeat pic.twitter.com/KzHAgLc5N2
— Justice League NYC (@NYjusticeleague) February 3, 2019
We are chanting “move them out!” There is no heat or hot water at the MDC federal detention center in Brooklyn. This is inhumane . pic.twitter.com/v957CZduEm
— arcy Ⓥ 🦋🌹 (@arseniareilly) February 2, 2019
⚠️ NO HEAT since January 29, 2019. Some of the 1,600 prisoners in the MDC (Metropolitan Detention Center). #stopmassincarceration #nojisticenopeace #thrnewjimcrow #standforthosewhocannot #untilthereisheat https://t.co/6465Jpqd4j
— Cynthia Turnquest-Jones, MS.Ed (@CyndiTurnquest) February 3, 2019
WE NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK AT MDC BROOKLYN DETENTION CENTER #YandySmith has been attacked! #Blacklivesmatter #JUSTICEBOWL #TakeAKnee pic.twitter.com/fNZAm0ib6R
— BlackLivesMatter DC (@DMVBlackLives) February 3, 2019
Warden Quay is responsible for the safety of all 1,600 people inside MDC Brooklyn Detention Center. He left the building tonight without a word to protesters. We will still be here when he gets back in the morning. #UntilThereIsHeat pic.twitter.com/owE2QuvGHV
— Justice League NYC (@NYjusticeleague) February 3, 2019
The heinous treatment of our friends and family members at MDC Brooklyn Detention Center is inhumane and must be stopped immediately. We will not rest until this is corrected. #REFORM #FightDifferent pic.twitter.com/KVZnG9Sy3y
— REFORM ALLIANCE (@REFORM) February 2, 2019
Join us outside of MDC Brooklyn Detention Center. We will be out here UNTIL THE HEAT IS BACK ON! #UntilThereIsHeat pic.twitter.com/XEufO1sUAu
— Justice League NYC (@NYjusticeleague) February 2, 2019
Here’s what happened today when protestors and family members stormed MDC Brooklyn, a federal jail largely without electricity and heat. Video by our reporter @cegoldbaum. pic.twitter.com/nAfrbvfAeC
— Annie Correal (@anniecorreal) February 3, 2019