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Attorneys claim Brooks needs Ativan Rx in jail
Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Former body armor producer David Brooks said in court papers that he is housed in solitary confinement 23 hours per day. (January 2008)
David Brooks is being held in solitary confinement at the federal detention center in Queens and is refusing to take medication prescribed by prison doctors, according to testimony at a hearing Monday in federal court in Central Islip.
Brooks, who is on trial for allegedly looting his former Westbury-based body-armor company, DHB Industries, was transferred to the detention center two weeks...
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