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· The Brooklyn House of Detention (BHOD) was
closed in 2003 to save over $5 million taxpayer
dollars each year.
· The BHOD is an obsolete prison that doesn't meet federal
and state standards. Some cells are 40 square feet, half
the 80 sq. foot size recommended by the American
Correctional Association.
· The Department of Corrections (DOC) wants to expand and reopen
the BHOD without:
- Sufficient transitional services for inmates· The DOC has given contradictory and inaccurate information in explaining its reversal.
- A study conducted on the environmental impact of doubling
the size of the inmate population
- Significant community consultation or input
· Stop BHOD opposes the reopening and expansion of BHOD, which is situated
in a critically important residential and commercial zone.
