Five inmates at the Metropolitan Correctional Center on Tuesday accused the troubled Manhattan jail and its warden of “ineptitude and indifference,” as federal prison officials in New York continued to report minimal levels of testing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a proposed class action lawsuit, filed in Manhattan federal court by a Covington & Burling partner, said the coronavirus was spreading “unmonitored and undetected throughout the jail,” due in large part to overcrowding and unsanitary conditions.