From complaints about violence and overcrowding to food barely fit for human consumption, the facility has faced criticism for decades.
Nassau County is on track to lock up 3,000 immigrants detained for ICE this year, as part of the county's agreement with Homeland Security.
The federal judge said she needs a few more days to decide whether the now 64-year-old should be released from prison or should be given a new trial date.
The U.S. Marshals say the only escaped inmate who remained on the run after breaking out of a New Orleans jail in May has been captured.
Sean "Diddy" Combs' attorneys asked Judge Arun Subramanian to recommend to the Bureau of Prisons that Combs be sent to FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey.