U.S. District Judge Margo Brodie of the Eastern District of New York cited the “considerably low” number of inmates who have tested positive for COVID-19 at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center while denying an application for bond Wednesday, despite reports that testing at the MDC is not capturing the extent of the illness at the facility.

Anthony Pandrella’s attorney, James Froccaro, addressed the MDC’s response to coronavirus in his arguments. He submitted a copy of Homer Venters’ report from an inspection of the MDC, which found numerous failures with the facility’s screening procedures and provision of personal protective equipment. Venters is a doctor and the former chief medical officer of the New York City jail system, and he raised concerns that possible cases of COVID-19 are not being tracked within the facility.

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