‘Disruptive’ detainees treated for ‘minor injuries’ in Miami federal jail incident, authorities say

April 16, 2025 Admin

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.

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.

BOP told Local 10 News, “for privacy, safety, and security reasons, we do not discuss the conditions of confinement for any inmate or group of inmates.”

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:

“Concerning the possible disruption to visitation, the BOP recognizes the importance for incarcerated individuals to maintain family and community ties and continually encourages individuals to participate in visitation as one means of achieving this. However, the safety of staff, incarcerated individuals, and the public is one of our highest priorities, and sometimes the modification or temporary suspension of visitation is necessary.

While for security reasons we do not discuss specific internal security practices or the rationale behind the decision to suspend visitation at a particular facility, we can tell you, given the complex nature of prison operations, the warden has the authority to modify programs or operations as deemed necessary and occasionally with minimal advance warning. Given the importance placed on social visiting, the decision to suspend it is not taken lightly.

Potential visitors are encouraged to communicate with the individual they are intending to visit, to contact staff at the facility directly, or visit the institution’s public website to ascertain the status of visitation prior to traveling.

Information on institutions operated by the BOP, to include current visitation status, can be reviewed on our public website here: https://www.bop.gov/locations/list.jsp.”

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