Federal jail where Jeffrey Epstein was held has history of security issues

Published August 12, 2019 5:46pm ET



The federal detention center where millionaire financier and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein was being held has had some notable lapses in security over the years.

Manhattan’s Metropolitan Correctional Center, a variable-security lockup dubbed “Guantanamo of New York,” has housed a number of high-security inmates but has also suffered some serious security problems.

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