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our affiliate in new york has details. reporter: the banging you hear is a desperate cry for help from detainees at the metropolitan detention center in sunset park, seeking relief from the bone chilling cold temperatures inside their cells. rhonda barnwell works in the detention center and says the waterfront facility is a icebox for employees and inmates. they are complaining about heat as well. they can t speak. their throats are hurting. reporter: since sunday, these small reading lights are all that illuminates their cells. the fire department says a small electrical fire plunged the federal lock-up into darkness and sparking fear among those in the building. we have dark spots and moving inmates and there is no light so we are really afraid for their safety, as well as the inmates because it s a lot of areas where we cannot see. some of the officers got injured today trying to lock the inmates back in the cells. reporter: problems didn t start with that electrical fire.

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