Cyprus Times

Life Inside the Notorious New York Jail Holding Maduro

Published January 4, 2026, 16:06
Life Inside the Notorious New York Jail Holding Maduro

The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in New York, a facility notorious for its squalid conditions. Built in the 1990s, the MDC has faced issues of chronic understaffing, violence between inmates, and power outages. Notable past inmates include R. Kelly, Martin Shkreli, Ghislaine Maxwell, and Sam Bankman-Fried. A serious incident was the 2019 power outage, which led to a $10 million settlement for the inmates.