Camilla Jessen
The Venezuelan leader has been detained alongside high-profile inmates.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is currently being detained at a high-security federal jail in Brooklyn, New York, after being captured during a dramatic U.S. military operation in Venezuela.
He and his wife, Cilia Flores, are facing serious charges in U.S. courts.
MDC Brooklyn custody
Maduro and Flores were seized from their Caracas residence in an extraordinary early-morning assault by U.S. special forces and flown to the United States to face federal narcotics and weapons charges in the Southern District of New York.
Both pleaded not guilty at their arraignment.
They are now held at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, a sprawling federal facility in Sunset Park that often houses detainees awaiting trial.
The MDC has a reputation for tough conditions and overcrowding and has previously held a string of high-profile inmates.
High-profile neighbors
According to People, the jail has been home to notorious figures such as Ghislaine Maxwell, who was held there before her 2022 trial, and Sam Bankman-Fried, who was transferred to another prison in 2025.
Luigi Mangione, accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024, is also currently incarcerated at MDC, as is rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine, among others.
Sean “Diddy” Combs was detained there briefly before being moved to a New Jersey facility, and he once described the pretrial conditions at the center as “horrific.”
Civil rights groups such as the Legal Aid Society have criticized MDC for what they describe as a “documented history of violence, medical neglect, and human and civil rights violations,” including claims of inadequate food, medical care and staffing shortages.
Sources: PEOPLE, Legal Aid Society
