(CNN) Power has been restored at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, where inmates have spent several days without heat or lighting, according to a statement from the Bureau of Prisons. Many inmates have spent the weekend sitting in frigid, dark cells because of a partial power outage, according to Director of Federal Defenders of New York David Patton and a representative for the union representing the facility's workers. The restoration of power comes after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called on the Department of Justice to immediately investigate the circumstances at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where a power outage has left inmates without heat or lighting the past few days. "Disturbing reports have surfaced that the federal government left more than a thousand prisoners without heat, hot water or electricity during subzero temperatures at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn," Cuomo said in a statement.

Source: CNN February 03, 2019 21:05 UTC