Andrew Dalack

And it shouldn't be the case that while you're awaiting trial on serious federal charges, that you also have to be worried, am I going to make it out of here alive? Or am I going to make it out of here without being, you know, stabbed or beaten?

Dealing with a federal criminal case is stressful enough, and having to sort of deal with all the other atmospherics at MDC Brooklyn makes it truly unbearable. If I could just sort of say as a side note too, as a lawyer, you can imagine how terribly frustrating and difficult it is to come to the jail, to meet with our clients, to try and discuss with them,

Dealing with a federal criminal case is stressful enough, and having to sort of deal with all the other atmospherics at MDC Brooklyn makes it truly unbearable. If I could just sort of say as a side note too, as a lawyer, you can imagine how terribly frustrating and difficult it is to come to the jail, to meet with our clients, to try and discuss with them,

Dealing with a federal criminal case is stressful enough, and having to sort of deal with all the other atmospherics at MDC Brooklyn makes it truly unbearable. If I could just sort of say as a side note too, as a lawyer, you can imagine how terribly frustrating and difficult it is to come to the jail, to meet with our clients, to try and discuss with them,

you know, very complicated and difficult aspects of their case and to ask them to engage with us on making, you know, very consequential decisions about their lives when all they want to talk about is the terrible conditions that they're forced to endure inside the jail. Conditions that I don't really have any control over.

you know, very complicated and difficult aspects of their case and to ask them to engage with us on making, you know, very consequential decisions about their lives when all they want to talk about is the terrible conditions that they're forced to endure inside the jail. Conditions that I don't really have any control over.

you know, very complicated and difficult aspects of their case and to ask them to engage with us on making, you know, very consequential decisions about their lives when all they want to talk about is the terrible conditions that they're forced to endure inside the jail. Conditions that I don't really have any control over.

They become so focused on the terrible conditions that they're experiencing in MDC Brooklyn that they are not in the position to really think clearly and contribute meaningfully to their defense on their federal criminal case.

They become so focused on the terrible conditions that they're experiencing in MDC Brooklyn that they are not in the position to really think clearly and contribute meaningfully to their defense on their federal criminal case.

They become so focused on the terrible conditions that they're experiencing in MDC Brooklyn that they are not in the position to really think clearly and contribute meaningfully to their defense on their federal criminal case.

I have two responses to that, primarily. The first is the vast majority of the people who were held at MDC Brooklyn have not been convicted of anything. They're presumed innocent. And that presumption of innocence doesn't mean anything if we're going to put them in a place and say, well, there's reason to believe that you committed a crime and so now you deserve to be punished extraordinarily.

I have two responses to that, primarily. The first is the vast majority of the people who were held at MDC Brooklyn have not been convicted of anything. They're presumed innocent. And that presumption of innocence doesn't mean anything if we're going to put them in a place and say, well, there's reason to believe that you committed a crime and so now you deserve to be punished extraordinarily.

I have two responses to that, primarily. The first is the vast majority of the people who were held at MDC Brooklyn have not been convicted of anything. They're presumed innocent. And that presumption of innocence doesn't mean anything if we're going to put them in a place and say, well, there's reason to believe that you committed a crime and so now you deserve to be punished extraordinarily.

That's not how the American criminal system works. That's just not a way that other human beings should be treated. Everybody's life at MDC Brooklyn matters equally, certainly matters to the people who love and care about them. And we need to be treating those human lives with dignity. So, you know, it's just not a tolerable situation.

That's not how the American criminal system works. That's just not a way that other human beings should be treated. Everybody's life at MDC Brooklyn matters equally, certainly matters to the people who love and care about them. And we need to be treating those human lives with dignity. So, you know, it's just not a tolerable situation.

That's not how the American criminal system works. That's just not a way that other human beings should be treated. Everybody's life at MDC Brooklyn matters equally, certainly matters to the people who love and care about them. And we need to be treating those human lives with dignity. So, you know, it's just not a tolerable situation.

And unfortunately, until there's more political will to really implement... more meaningful reforms at the jail and address the chronic understaffing, the intransigence, the lack of adequate medical care, all these issues that we've been discussing today, it's going to remain a hellhole.

And unfortunately, until there's more political will to really implement... more meaningful reforms at the jail and address the chronic understaffing, the intransigence, the lack of adequate medical care, all these issues that we've been discussing today, it's going to remain a hellhole.

And unfortunately, until there's more political will to really implement... more meaningful reforms at the jail and address the chronic understaffing, the intransigence, the lack of adequate medical care, all these issues that we've been discussing today, it's going to remain a hellhole.