Overview
- Rapper Daniel Hernandez, known as Tekashi 6ix9ine, surrendered Tuesday to begin a three‑month term at MDC Brooklyn, with his arrival livestreamed as a prearranged 2 p.m. check‑in.
- Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores were seized by U.S. forces in Caracas, transported to New York, pleaded not guilty on Monday to narco‑terrorism, cocaine‑importation conspiracy and weapons charges, and were ordered detained at the jail.
- The couple remains in federal custody at MDC Brooklyn with the next court appearance scheduled for March 17 in New York.
- MDC Brooklyn has faced years of complaints over safety, medical care and infrastructure, including a 2019 power outage and two inmate homicides in 2024, while the Bureau of Prisons cites staffing increases and hundreds of completed maintenance fixes.
- Luigi Mangione remains in pretrial custody there in the 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, and the facility’s roster has included Sean “Diddy” Combs, Ghislaine Maxwell and Sam Bankman‑Fried.