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| Justice Dept. Urges Changes at Federal Jail |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 03/22/2004 |
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A Justice Department review that was prompted by the abuse of dozens of detainees at the federal jail in Brooklyn, N.Y. after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, urges the creation of a special cadre of officers for high-security inmates and a tighter policy on conducting strip searches and videotaping inmates' activities. An earlier Justice Department investigation found that officers at the Metropolitan Detention Center had slammed detainees against walls, twisted their arms, conducted unneeded strip searches and videotaped conversations between some detainees and their lawyers. In addition, hundreds of such videotapes were destroyed or erased. The review, released on Friday by Glenn A. Fine, the Justice Department's inspector general, also said that the Bureau of Prisons had taken "reasonable and responsible steps" to address concerns raised earlier. |
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