Andrew Dalack

And there's homemade weapons that are, you know, created out of pieces of metal and other sort of makeshift items that a lot of different detainees have available to them. And so when there's a fight or when there's some sort of other conflict, it can escalate. And when it escalates, people get hurt, people get stabbed.

And there's homemade weapons that are, you know, created out of pieces of metal and other sort of makeshift items that a lot of different detainees have available to them. And so when there's a fight or when there's some sort of other conflict, it can escalate. And when it escalates, people get hurt, people get stabbed.

And it's a very sort of volatile environment that is a terribly scary place to be.

And it's a very sort of volatile environment that is a terribly scary place to be.

And it's a very sort of volatile environment that is a terribly scary place to be.

Yes, so Gustavo Chavez is my client. He was charged with drug offense in the federal system, sort of receiving a package in the mail containing drugs. So whether you're convicted after trial or convicted because you've pled guilty to certain kinds of drug offenses, the law says you have to go to jail before you're ultimately sentenced by the judge.

Yes, so Gustavo Chavez is my client. He was charged with drug offense in the federal system, sort of receiving a package in the mail containing drugs. So whether you're convicted after trial or convicted because you've pled guilty to certain kinds of drug offenses, the law says you have to go to jail before you're ultimately sentenced by the judge.

Yes, so Gustavo Chavez is my client. He was charged with drug offense in the federal system, sort of receiving a package in the mail containing drugs. So whether you're convicted after trial or convicted because you've pled guilty to certain kinds of drug offenses, the law says you have to go to jail before you're ultimately sentenced by the judge.

In Mr. Chavez's case, he did in fact plead guilty to one of those drug offenses that ordinarily required him to be remanded to jail pending sentencing. But Mr. Chavez presented with some challenges. He's an older man. He has health issues.

In Mr. Chavez's case, he did in fact plead guilty to one of those drug offenses that ordinarily required him to be remanded to jail pending sentencing. But Mr. Chavez presented with some challenges. He's an older man. He has health issues.

In Mr. Chavez's case, he did in fact plead guilty to one of those drug offenses that ordinarily required him to be remanded to jail pending sentencing. But Mr. Chavez presented with some challenges. He's an older man. He has health issues.

I made an argument to Judge Jesse Furman that it would be cruel and completely unnecessary to put someone like Mr. Chavez in particular at NBC Brooklyn, given all the problems in the facility, which are also compounded by something that I failed to mention before, which is a lack of adequate medical care and attention.

I made an argument to Judge Jesse Furman that it would be cruel and completely unnecessary to put someone like Mr. Chavez in particular at NBC Brooklyn, given all the problems in the facility, which are also compounded by something that I failed to mention before, which is a lack of adequate medical care and attention.

I made an argument to Judge Jesse Furman that it would be cruel and completely unnecessary to put someone like Mr. Chavez in particular at NBC Brooklyn, given all the problems in the facility, which are also compounded by something that I failed to mention before, which is a lack of adequate medical care and attention.

Well, to Judge Furman's credit, he not only engaged with my argument, acknowledging that other judges in the district had, in individual cases, concluded that the decrepit conditions at MVC Brooklyn warranted keeping people out on bail, he wrote a very well-reasoned decision and went through a sort of litany of problems that has plagued the MVC for years, again, primarily driven by understaffing, to say, look, there is some real merit to what

Well, to Judge Furman's credit, he not only engaged with my argument, acknowledging that other judges in the district had, in individual cases, concluded that the decrepit conditions at MVC Brooklyn warranted keeping people out on bail, he wrote a very well-reasoned decision and went through a sort of litany of problems that has plagued the MVC for years, again, primarily driven by understaffing, to say, look, there is some real merit to what

Well, to Judge Furman's credit, he not only engaged with my argument, acknowledging that other judges in the district had, in individual cases, concluded that the decrepit conditions at MVC Brooklyn warranted keeping people out on bail, he wrote a very well-reasoned decision and went through a sort of litany of problems that has plagued the MVC for years, again, primarily driven by understaffing, to say, look, there is some real merit to what

I was arguing that the conditions at MVC Brooklyn are so terrible that that no judge in the eastern or southern districts of New York can can be confident that in putting somebody there, they're putting them into a safe environment. He decided that that was an exceptional reason in and of itself.

I was arguing that the conditions at MVC Brooklyn are so terrible that that no judge in the eastern or southern districts of New York can can be confident that in putting somebody there, they're putting them into a safe environment. He decided that that was an exceptional reason in and of itself.

I was arguing that the conditions at MVC Brooklyn are so terrible that that no judge in the eastern or southern districts of New York can can be confident that in putting somebody there, they're putting them into a safe environment. He decided that that was an exceptional reason in and of itself.