Saturday, January 30, 2021 12:54 pm
Warden out after new allegations at embattled federal jail
MICHAEL R. SISAK, JIM MUSTIAN and MICHAEL BALSAMO | Associated Press
NEW YORK – The warden brought in to clean up the federal jail where Jeffrey Epstein killed himself has abruptly stepped down after a yearlong tenure marred by the rampant spread of the coronavirus, inmates' complaints about squalid conditions, a smuggled gun and an inmate's death.
Marti Licon-Vitale, 54, quit the Metropolitan Correctional Center this week. Her abrupt departure came about a week after staff at the jail left an inmate – whose lawyer says he has the mental capacity of an 8-year-old child – in a holding cell for 24 hours while awaiting a competency evaluation, a violation of prison system regulations.