2026年3月26日 / 美国东部时间上午8:53 / CBS新闻
被罢免的委内瑞拉领导人尼古拉斯·马杜罗（Nicolás Maduro）及其妻子将于周四在曼哈顿联邦法院出庭，这距离美国军队入侵其国家并将他带到美国面临贩毒和恐怖主义指控已有近三个月。
执法部门消息人士告诉CBS新闻，自1月份被捕以来，马杜罗一直被关押在布鲁克林大都会拘留中心（Metropolitan Detention Center）内一个被描述为”监狱中的监狱”的安全区域，该区域专门关押最高风险的被拘留者。他正处于被称为”SAMs单元”的”特殊行政措施”监管之下。
特殊行政措施旨在限制囚犯与外界的联系，前提是官员认为他们的通讯可能会对他人造成伤害。美国司法部表示，只有美国司法部长有权指示联邦监狱局实施特殊行政措施。
洪都拉斯前总统胡安·奥兰多·埃尔南德斯（Juan Orlando Hernández）据信曾被关押在同一单元，直到2024年6月他因联邦贩毒指控被定罪。随后他被送往西弗吉尼亚州的FCI Hazelton监狱。埃尔南德斯于2025年12月被特朗普总统赦免。
马杜罗的妻子西莉亚·弗洛雷斯（Cilia Flores）被关押在同一设施的另一个单元。
特殊行政措施
执法部门消息人士告诉CBS新闻，由于曼哈顿大都会惩教中心（Metropolitan Correctional Center）于2021年夏季关闭，布鲁克林联邦拘留中心内的一个现有单元被翻新，成为SAMs单元。大都会惩教中心的著名囚犯包括杰弗里·爱泼斯坦（Jeffrey Epstein），他于2019年在狱中死亡。
消息人士称，MDC新增了一堵墙和安全门，以创建新的SAMs单元。
该单元可容纳最多12名囚犯。目前尚不清楚是否有其他囚犯也在该单元内接受特殊行政措施的监管。
大都会拘留中心是美国少数具备关押高安全级别的被告的拘留中心之一。该中心以关押其他高调人物而闻名，如路易吉·曼乔内（Luigi Mangione），以及过去的肖恩·”吹牛老爹”·康布斯（Sean “Diddy” Combs）和吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦尔（Ghislaine Maxwell）。然而，与马杜罗不同的是，这些高调囚犯并未被报道处于特殊行政措施之下。
司法部行动执行办公室（Office of Operations Enforcement）是司法部的一个部门，就特殊行政措施的使用向高级决策者提供法律咨询。
CBS新闻已联系联邦监狱局和司法部请求置评。
这些措施的有效期为120天，但可无限期延长。宪法权利中心（Center on Constitutional Rights）和耶鲁法学院诊所的研究人员在2017年发布的一份报告中指出，政府正在扩大使用特殊行政措施，并引用了一些囚犯在这些严厉限制下被关押数年甚至数十年的案例。
一名执法部门消息人士表示，对马杜罗而言，这一指定意味着他的所有活动都仅限于SAMs单元，直到他被宣告无罪或被定罪并判刑。
马杜罗每天只离开牢房一次，时长一小时，用于洗澡、会见律师或独自放风。处于特殊行政措施下的囚犯与其他囚犯完全隔离。
“他们不能离开单元，”一名执法部门消息人士表示，并指出特殊行政措施下的囚犯可以使用一个甲板进行娱乐活动。该中心的甲板上有一个手球场，在那里囚犯可以”伸展双腿”，消息人士称。每次囚犯外出都必须有惩教人员陪同，且单独行动。
在24小时监控下，马杜罗在单元内移动时，会有两名惩教官员和一名高级中尉陪同。执法部门消息人士称，未经批准，任何人不得从外部进入，所有人都必须签署出入记录。
马杜罗团队试图驳回案件
马杜罗在1月5日的首次出庭时对所有指控均不认罪，并宣称自己是一名”战俘”。”我是无辜的。我没有罪。我是一个人，是我国家的总统，”他对法官阿尔文·赫勒斯坦（Alvin Hellerstein）说。
马杜罗及其妻子的律师已提出驳回案件，并辩称特朗普政府阻碍委内瑞拉政府支付他们的法律费用，这侵犯了他们的宪法权利。
由于美国制裁，委内瑞拉政府需要财政部外国资产控制办公室（OFAC）的许可才能支付这对夫妇的律师费。在法庭文件中，马杜罗的律师巴里·波拉克（Barry Pollack）断言，许可最初已获批准，但随后被撤销，且OFAC拒绝恢复这些许可。
波拉克写道：”马杜罗先生因缺乏资金而无法聘请律师，他被剥夺了选择自己律师的宪法权利。”他补充说，如果OFAC继续干扰马杜罗资助辩护的能力，他将无法继续代理此案。
专攻宪法法律和联邦法院的乔治敦大学教授史蒂夫·弗拉戴克（Steve Vladeck）表示，关键问题在于马杜罗是否有可能获得有效辩护。
“这里的法律有点复杂，因为你不一定有选择特定律师的宪法权利，但你确实有获得有效法律援助的权利，”弗拉戴克说。”我不认为这会成为案件继续审理的致命障碍。”
“司法部显然至少在这里有相当大的影响力，”弗拉戴克说。”问题是，他们想要什么？他们希望从马杜罗那里得到什么作为回报？”
莎拉·N·林奇（Sarah N. Lynch）对本报道有贡献。
Nicolás Maduro held in a “jail inside of a jail” under special administrative measures, sources say
March 26, 2026 / 8:53 AM EDT / CBS News
Nicolás Maduro, the deposed Venezuelan leader, and his wife are set to appear in federal court Thursday in Manhattan nearly three months after American forces invaded his country and brought him to the U.S. to face narco-terrorism and drug trafficking charges.
Since his January arrest, Maduro has been held in a secure unit described as a “jail inside of a jail” for the most high-risk detainees at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, law enforcement sources told CBS News. He is being kept under “special administrative measures” in what corrections officers dub the “SAMs unit.”
Special administrative measures are designed to restrict contact prisoners have with the outside world in cases where officials believe their communications could bring harm to others. The U.S. Department of Justice states that only the attorney general of the United States is authorized to direct the Bureau of Prisons to implement special administrative measures.
Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras, was believed to be held in the same unit until his conviction on federal drug trafficking charges in June 2024. He was then sent to FCI Hazelton in West Virginia. Hernández was pardoned by President Trump in December 2025.
Maduro’s wife, Cilia Flores, is being held in a different unit in the same facility.
Special administrative measures
An existing unit was refurbished at the Brooklyn federal detention center to become the SAMs unit after the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, where it was previously located, closed in the summer of 2021, law enforcement sources told CBS News. Among MCC’s notable inmates was Jeffrey Epstein, who died behind bars there in 2019.
A wall and secure door were added to create the new SAMs unit at the MDC, sources said.
The unit can hold up to 12 inmates. It is not clear if other inmates are currently being held in the unit under special administrative measures.
MDC is one of the few detention centers in the U.S. with the capacity for high-security defendants. It is known for housing other high-profile defendants like Luigi Mangione and, in the past, Sean “Diddy” Combs and Ghislaine Maxwell. Unlike Maduro, however, these high-profile inmates weren’t reported to be under special administrative measures.
A view of the Metropolitan Detention Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, where ousted Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro is among the inmates, on March 25, 2026. ANGELA WEISS /AFP via Getty Images
The Office of Operations Enforcement, a division of the DOJ, provides legal advice to senior-level decision-makers on the use of special administrative measures.
CBS News has reached out to the Bureau of Prisons and the Justice Department for comment.
The measures are put in place for 120 days, but can be renewed indefinitely. Researchers from the Center on Constitutional Rights and a clinic at Yale Law School released a 2017 report on the government’s expanding use of SAMs, citing instances of some prisoners who remain under these severe restrictions for years or in some cases even decades.
For Maduro, the designation means that all of his activities take place within the SAMs unit, where he’ll stay until he is either acquitted or convicted and sentenced, said a law enforcement source.
Maduro only leaves his cell to shower, visit his lawyer or go for solo recreation for an hour a day. Those under special administrative measures are isolated from other inmate contact.
“They don’t leave the unit,” a law enforcement source said, noting that inmates under special administrative measures have access to a deck for recreation. There is a handball court on the deck at MDC where inmates under special administrative measures can go to “stretch their legs,” the source said. Each inmate goes outside alone accompanied by corrections staff.
Under 24-hour surveillance, Maduro is accompanied by two corrections officers and a higher-ranking lieutenant any time he moves within the unit. No one can come in from outside without approval, law enforcement sources said — everyone has to be signed in and signed out.
Maduro’s team moves to dismiss case
Maduro pleaded not guilty to all charges and proclaimed himself a “prisoner of war” at his arraignment on Jan. 5. “I am innocent. I am not guilty. I am a man, the president of my country,” he told Judge Alvin Hellerstein.
Lawyers for Maduro and his wife have moved to dismiss the case and argue that the Trump administration is blocking the Venezuelan government from paying their legal fees in violation of their constitutional rights.
Due to U.S. sanctions, a license from the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is needed for Venezuela’s government to pay the couple’s attorneys. In court filings, Maduro’s lawyer Barry Pollack asserted that licenses were initially granted, then revoked, and that OFAC has refused to reinstate them.
“Mr. Maduro, who lacks the funds to retain counsel, is being deprived of his constitutional right to counsel of his choice,” wrote Pollack, who added that he cannot remain on the case “if OFAC’s interference with Mr. Maduro’s ability to fund his defense persists.”
Nicolás Maduro is seen in handcuffs after landing at a Manhattan helipad, escorted by heavily armed federal agents en route to a court hearing, on Jan. 5, 2026. Photo by XNY/Star Max/GC Images
Steve Vladeck, a Georgetown professor who specializes in constitutional law and federal courts, said a key question is whether it is possible for Maduro to receive effective representation.
“Here the law is a bit tricky because you don’t necessarily have a constitutional right to a specific lawyer, but you do have a right to the effective assistance of counsel,” said Vladeck. “I don’t see this as a fatal bar to this case going forward.”
“The Justice Department has, presumably, at least a fair amount of leverage here,” said Vladeck. “And the question is, what do they want? What do they want out of Maduro in return?”
Sarah N. Lynch contributed to this report.