84-year-old activist nun imprisoned in Brooklyn jail hellhole for breaking into nuclear facility

[Are_grits_groceries]

84-year-old activist nun imprisoned in Brooklyn jail hellhole for breaking into nuclear facility, exposing security flaws

Sister Megan Rice and two other activists broke into the facility outside Knoxville, Tenn., in 2012 to bring attention to the dangers of unimpeded nuclear proliferation. They also exposed gaps in national security by showing how easy it was to get in. Now, Sister Megan lives in horrifying conditions in a single room with 111 other women in the Metropolitan Detention Center.
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http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/exclusive-nun-84-brooklyn-jail-hellhole-activism-article-1.2083481

Many people who break laws get sent to medium-security prisons.
The authorities are just mad because she and the others embarrassed them.
Smh.....

[hedda_foil]

1. Why on earth did they put her in a CITY jail for a FEDERAL conviction?

The article seems to say that she was moved there from a federal prison. Did they think she was too comfortable there?

[Are_grits_groceries]

2. Probably. nt

[FBaggins]

3. It is a federal prison

I think it's the largest in the nation (and fairly new).

The federal prison that she otherwise would have served her time in no longer accepts women.