The federal detention center in Miami, where influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate are being held, has had air conditioning and water problems in recent months, as well as conflicts between detainees and staff, the US Bureau of Prisons said.
The Tate brothers, Andrew (39) and Tristan (38), were arrested on July 18 in Miami on an extradition request from the UK, where they are accused of rape. They deny the charges. Their lawyers say they are being held in harsh solitary confinement.
Andrew Tate posted on the X Network from his detention center that he drank dirty water that made him sick, that he couldn't sleep at night because of the shouting of other prisoners, and that he was denied daily exercise.
“Where are the rights of American citizens?” Tate wrote on the X network on July 28.
The U.S. Bureau of Prisons' manual for detainees at the Federal Detention Center in Miami states that they are entitled to “regular exercise time.” Prosecutors, however, claim that the Tate brothers were allowed out of their cells for several hours “almost daily” for recreation and meetings with their lawyers.
When asked by reporters on July 27 how Andrew Tate manages to post messages while behind bars, his lawyer Joseph McBride did not want to reveal details.
"How his messages get out to the public is something our team is discussing, but we're glad he's getting them across," McBride said.
On July 26, Tate announced on the X Network that he was having stomach problems because he was forced to drink hot water from a “brown and dirty” shower faucet.
A few days later, he stated that he was awakened in the middle of the night by prisoners shouting death threats, and then, as he wrote, he heard a "demonic roar" from the neighboring cell.
"I couldn't sleep, and it was too dark to read, so I counted the bricks in the wall," Tate wrote on the X network on July 31.
US prosecutors say the brothers are being held in a separate unit for their own safety and that the conditions are “reasonable and constitutional.” The Bureau of Prisons said tests show the water at the facility is safe to drink.
The Tates are expected to ask a federal judge in Miami today to release them on bail while they fight extradition to the UK.
Their lawyers also claim that the beds are shorter than their height, without pillows, and that they did not leave their cells for 11 of the first 15 days. Prosecutors, however, say that they went out almost every day for recreation and meetings with their lawyers.
The prison also had plumbing and air conditioning problems. After heat issues on July 11, there was a confrontation between detainees and staff, who used pepper spray. One cooling unit broke down on July 6, but has since been repaired, according to the Bureau of Prisons.
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