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23 Brooklyn inmates charged after rash of violence, including stabbing of Jam Master Jay's killer

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23 Brooklyn inmates charged after rash of violence, including stabbing of Jam Master Jay's killer.

Federal prosecutors announced the charges Thursday amid a crackdown on violence and dysfunction at the jail.

Fifteen of the inmates charged were accused in six separate stabbings, slashings or beatings.

Six were charged in a Feb. 22 melee that injured multiple inmates, including Karl Jordan Jr. , one of two men convicted last year in the 2002 slaying of Run-D.M.C. star.

Five inmates charged with attempting to smuggle contraband into jail by throwing a rope out a window.