Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York
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| Location | Manhattan, New York City |
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| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Administrative facility |
| Population | 732 |
| Opened | 1975 |
| Managed by | Federal Bureau of Prisons |
The Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York (MCC New York) is a United States federal administrative prison in Manhattan, New York which holds male and female prisoners of all security levels. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.
Most prisoners held at MCC New York have pending cases in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. MCC New York also holds prisoners serving brief sentences.
The Los Angeles Times stated that the prison is often referred to as the "Guantanamo of New York", and The New York Times stated that its administrative segregation units had severe security measures.
Opened in 1975, MCC New York was the first high-rise facility to be used by the Bureau of Prisons. Prisoners are assigned to ten separate, self-contained housing units, resulting in little movement within the facility. As of 2002 it has been widely reported that MCC New York is severely overcrowded.
Numerous high-profile individuals have been held at MCC New York during court proceedings, including Gambino crime family Bosses John Gotti and Jackie D'Amico, drug kingpin Frank Lucas, Ponzi scheme mastermind Bernard Madoff, terrorists Omar Abdel Rahman and Ramzi Yousef, and weapons trafficker Viktor Bout. In January 2017, after being extradited to the United States, Mexican drug lord Joaquín "el Chapo" Guzmán is housed in the facility.
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