MIAMI – A spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed with Local 10’s Christina Vazquez Wednesday that “multiple incarcerated individuals became disruptive at the Federal Detention Center Miami” at around 5 p.m. Tuesday.
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FDC Miami is an administrative security federal detention center at 33 NE Fourth St. in downtown Miami.
Responding employees said they were able to contain and isolate the incident and that “at no time was the receiving and discharge area compromised.”
While no employees were injured during the incident, Benjamin O’Cone, an employee with the Office of Public Affairs for the Federal Bureau of Prisons, added that “some incarcerated individuals were medically assessed and treated for minor injuries at the facility.”
Local 10 News has reached out to Immigration and Customs Enforcement to inquire if the individuals involved in the incident are ICE detainees and how many detainees are currently in the federal agency’s care at FDC Miami.
In response, an ICE spokesperson said: “The matter is still being investigated.”
When asked for additional operational details, an ICE spokesperson said: “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement does not provide population or capacity numbers due to operational and security concerns. Additionally, the numbers fluctuate hour to hour as detainees are being processed, transferred to other detention centers or being removed from the country.”
An attorney with a client at FDC Miami told Local 10 News early Wednesday morning that she received a notice that stated, “All visiting is temporarily on hold today due to a plumbing issue affecting the visiting room.“
Local 10 News visited the federal detention center, where an employee said that the issue has since been resolved.
A notice on the BOP website reads: “All visiting at this facility has been suspended until further notice.”
Scott Taylor, a Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesperson, released this statement to Local 10 News on Wednesday afternoon: