People are calling out managers of downtown Miami’s federal detention center for parking a truck trailer with noisy air conditioner chillers near neighbors’ windows. A spokesperson for the federal Bureau of Prisons said it is temporary and necessary.
“The Federal Detention Center (FDC) Miami currently has one portable chiller stationed in the rear of the institution,” Donald Murphy, of the federal Bureau of Prisons’ Office of Public Affairs, said in an email to CBS News Miami Investigates. “The chiller has been stationed in this location for multiple years due to ongoing malfunctions within our chiller systems.”
On North 5th Street at North Miami Avenue, renters and people passing by hear the noise. “It’s non-stop constantly,” said Gianna, a woman living in the area who only provided her first name. Charlie Argueta, who also lives nearby, said, “You get used to it. If they don’t know about it, it’s cause they never lived downtown.”…