Sam Bankman-Fried is in an 'inhumane' Brooklyn jail often criticized for its condition, and where Ghislaine Maxwell previously complained of rodents

• Sam Bankman-Fried was remanded to the Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn, on Friday.
• MDC's conditions have been described as "inhumane" by public defenders, per Reuters.

Sam Bankman-Fried is currently in a Brooklyn jail notorious for its poor conditions.

The FTX founder was previously on house arrest after posting a $250 million bail, but this was revoked on Friday.

US District Judge Lewis Kaplan said there was probable cause to believe Bankman-Fried had tried to "tamper with witnesses," following accusations he shared excerpts from his on-off girlfriend Caroline Ellison's diary with The New York Times.

Bankman-Fried is now being held in the Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn, records from the Federal Bureau of Prisons show.

MDC Brooklyn most recently made headlines as the facility where Ghislaine Maxwell and R. Kelly were held.

In 2021, Maxwell's attorney wrote to the judge overseeing her case, saying MDC "is permeated with mold and vermin."

"Cockroaches and rodents are plentiful and glue tracks have been placed in Ms. Maxwell's day area to help remediate the problem," she added.

A power outage in 2019 left some prisoners without heat or electricity as temperatures reached close to zero, the NYT reported. And as inmates protested and banged on the windows for help, staff retaliated with pepper spray and by shutting off toilets, The Intercept reported.

One former warden told The New York Times that "the MDC was one of the most troubled, if not the most troubled facility in the Bureau of Prisons."

And public defenders have called the conditions "inhumane," according to Reuters.

Earlier this year, a former MDC guard pleaded guilty to smuggling drugs to inmates in exchange for bribes.

Reuters reported that Judge Kaplan acknowledged that MDC "is not on anybody's list of five-star facilities," but added he wasn't sure housing Bankman-Fried at a minimum-security jail, as prosecutors requested, was "doable."

The Federal Bureau of Prisons told Insider that it could not comment on specific "anecdotal allegations," but said the bureau "takes seriously our duty to protect the individuals entrusted in our custody and maintain the safety of employees and the community."

"We make every effort to ensure the physical safety of individuals confined to our facilities through a controlled environment that is secure and humane."

Bankman-Fried is awaiting a trial set to begin on October 2. His spokesperson declined to comment when contacted by Insider.