Who are Various “gangs” at the prison regularly cooking sandwich wraps for?
Bernard Madoff, convicted of swindling $65 billion through the biggest-ever Ponzi scheme, has told fellow prison inmates that he is dying of cancer, the New York Post reported on Monday, citing unnamed prison sources. Madoff, 71, who since June has been serving a 150-year sentence at a North Carolina federal prison, has been telling fellow inmates he does not have much longer to live, the Post said, citing the unofficial and unusual sources. The Post said there had been speculation that Madoff was suffering from pancreatic cancer earlier this year. Inmates said Madoff was taking “about 20 pills a day” and “not doing very well.” The Post said Madoff’s lawyer did not return messages Sunday and had previously declined to answer questions about whether Madoff had cancer. Reuters could not reach Madoff lawyer Ira Sorkin immediately for comment. The tabloid also reported Madoff has engaged in a number of surprising new activities with some unexpected social circles. A shirtless Madoff has jo
The Post story also reported that Madoff has begun engaging in a number of surprising new activities with some unexpected social circles in prison. A shirtless Madoff has joined weekly “Native American religious purification ceremonies” that involve prayers in “sweat lodges,” rooms with heated rocks that induce sweat, and smoking from a ceremonial pipe, the paper said. Billingsley confirmed that Butner provides a sweat lodge as a religious structure for Native American prisoners. The Post also reported that various “gangs” at the prison were trying to recruit Madoff. Some inmates have taken Madoff under their wing, preparing “sandwich wraps” for him at their cells. Larry Levine, a former prison inmate and founder of Wall Street Prison Consultants, which prepares people for incarceration, said he would not be surprised if Madoff were finding friends among the Native American inmates. Levine also said Butner is known as a “cheese factory,” a nickname alluding to the many federal informan
Bernard Madoff, convicted of swindling $65 billion through the biggest-ever Ponzi scheme, has told fellow prison inmates that he is dying of cancer, the New York Post reported on Monday, citing unnamed prison sources. Madoff, 71, who since June has been serving a 150-year sentence at a North Carolina federal prison, has been telling fellow inmates he does not have much longer to live, the Post said, citing the unofficial and unusual sources. The Post said there had been speculation that Madoff was suffering from pancreatic cancer earlier this year. Inmates said Madoff was taking “about 20 pills a day” and “not doing very well.” The Post said Madoff’s lawyer did not return messages Sunday and had previously declined to answer questions about whether Madoff had cancer. Reuters could not reach Madoff lawyer Ira Sorkin immediately for comment. The tabloid also reported Madoff has engaged in a number of surprising new activities with some unexpected social circles. A shirtless Madoff has jo
The Post story also reported that Madoff has begun engaging in a number of surprising new activities with some unexpected social circles in prison. A shirtless Madoff has joined weekly “Native American religious purification ceremonies” that involve prayers in “sweat lodges,” rooms with heated rocks that induce sweat, and smoking from a ceremonial pipe, the paper said. Billingsley confirmed that Butner provides a sweat lodge as a religious structure for Native American prisoners. The Post also reported that various “gangs” at the prison were trying to recruit Madoff. Some inmates have taken Madoff under their wing, preparing “sandwich wraps” for him at their cells. Larry Levine, a former prison inmate and founder of Wall Street Prison Consultants, which prepares people for incarceration, said he would not be surprised if Madoff were finding friends among the Native American inmates. Levine also said Butner is known as a “cheese factory,” a nickname alluding to the many federal informan
