Why has Madoff being transferred to butner prison while he awaits his federal prison sentence?
Bernie Madoff won’t be serving his life sentence in a hellhole. The North Carolina prison where the convicted Ponzi schemer has been to serve his life sentence is considered “the crown jewel” of the federal prison system. It’s a place where many convicts hope to be sent. It may not be “club Fed” but it is the closest thing that exists in the federal prison system to a country club prison. The Butner Federal Correctional Complex is about 45 minutes northeast of Durham. From the outside you could mistake it for a college campus, except perhaps for the barb-wire. It’s often sought after by convicts because its staff and facilities have a good reputation. There are no hardcore maximum security type criminals there. It’s all minimum, low and medium security. Former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling requested he be allowed to serve his sentence there. Butner is also known for having excellent medical facilities, especially its cancer-treament programs. There have been rumors that Madoff has been diagn
Admitted thief Bernard Madoff was moved from his New York jail cell on Monday and was traveling to federal prison, a U.S. prison official said. Disgraced financier Madoff, who has spent the last four months in jail after pleading guilty to a worldwide fraud of as much as $65 billion, was sentenced to 150 years imprisonment by a judge on June 29. “He is in transit to another facility,” said Scott Sussman, a spokesman for the Manhattan Correctional Center next door to the courthouse where Madoff confessed to his crimes in front of defrauded investors. CNBC television reported on Monday that Madoff was being transferred to a medium security prison in Butner, North Carolina that houses 3,400 inmates. A spokeswoman at Butner was not available for comment. The Federal Bureau of Prisons web site says Butner is located in North Carolina near the Research Triangle area of Durham, Raleigh, and Chapel Hill. The Manhattan jail spokesman Sussman declined to provide further details, citing Federal B
Disgraced financier Madoff, who has spent the last four months in jail after pleading guilty to a worldwide fraud of as much as $65 billion, was sentenced to 150 years imprisonment by a judge on June 29. “He is in transit to another facility,” said Scott Sussman, a spokesman for the Manhattan Correctional Center next door to the courthouse where Madoff confessed to his crimes in front of defrauded investors. CNBC television reported on Monday that Madoff was being transferred to a medium security prison in Butner, North Carolina that houses 3,400 inmates. A spokeswoman at Butner was not available for comment. The Federal Bureau of Prisons web site says Butner is located in North Carolina near the Research Triangle area of Durham, Raleigh, and Chapel Hill. Sources: http://www.reuters.
