Surveillance Video Frees Brooklyn Man After 16 Years in Prison; Judge's refuse to send convicted felons to jail due to conditions

 Surveillance Video Frees Brooklyn Man After 16 Years in Prison - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Arvel Marshall’s family and supporters clapped and whooped in the courtroom gallery on Friday.Credit...Dave Sanders for The New York Times

Brooklyn Jail Is Too ‘Inhumane’ for 75-Year-Old Tax Scammer, Judge Says - The New York Times (nytimes.com) 

Inmate Dies After Fight Breaks Out at Troubled Brooklyn Jail - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

A judge cited complaints of horrible conditions, frequent lockdowns and staffing shortages at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn as a reason not to send a convicted man there.Credit...Theodore Parisienne/Tribune News Service, via Getty Images