Posted on 02/02/2019 4:49:14 PM PST by Libloather
More than a thousand inmates have been stuck in freezing cells at a federal jail on the Brooklyn waterfront that has had limited power and heat for at least this week, according to federal public defenders and leaders of the union representing the jail’s corrections officers.
“They just stay huddled up in the bed,” said June Bencebi, a case manager at the jail and the treasurer of the local chapter of the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents about 500 corrections officers at the jail.
The jail, the Metropolitan Detention Center, houses more than 1,600 inmates and lies in an industrial swath near the waterfront in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Some inmates are linked to high-profile drug trafficking and terrorism cases, while others are comparatively anonymous New Yorkers awaiting trial.
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The version of “I Know What I Like” that got played on Top Gear (it’s a bit of a Youtube meme in the comments section, where Richard Hammond is quoted saying “I hate that bit; it’s that bit!” in response to the bridge of the song) was a live version with Collins on lead vocals.
I have to confess that I like the Seconds Out version of Supper’s Ready over Gabriel’s version.
I'm sure she wouldn't care to listen to prisoners' cries of pain and cold either...Shut 'em up or beat 'em down!
This is how they do it on the Left.
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