Investigative Report or Affidavit: DOJ-OGR-00023460
Summary
The FBI analyzed MCC New York's DVR system and found that DVR 2 had catastrophic disk failures and was not recording since July 29, 2019. The facility staff, including the Warden and SIS Lieutenant, were unaware of the issue. The failure resulted in the loss of video recordings from cameras assigned to DVR 2.
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