Brooklyn Detention Complex

Since 1950

The Brooklyn Detention Complex (originally the Brooklyn House of Detention) was a jail facility located at 275 Atlantic Avenue, in Brooklyn. At full capacity, it was able to house 815 male prisoners in its single cells. Most of the population was made up of detainees undergoing the intake process or awaiting trial in Kings or Richmond County.

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