Why has the Butner Federal Correctional Complex been in the news?”
Convicted swindler Bernie Madoff will serve his sentence at Butner Federal Correctional Complex. The “Bernie Madoff Prison” is outside of Raleigh, North Carolina. The Butner complex has two medium security prisons, a medical facility, as well as a minimum security prison camp. The Butner facility is approximately eight hours from New York City. Judge Denny Chin who sentenced Madoff seemed to indicate that he would serve his sentence in the Northeast, but the Department of Prisons made the assignment to Butner. Butner is home to quite the collection of white collar criminals. It’s almost like a who’s who of fraudsters and scam artists.
Convicted swindler Bernie Madoff will serve his sentence at Butner Federal Correctional Complex. The “Bernie Madoff Prison” is outside of Raleigh, North Carolina. The Butner complex has two medium security prisons, a medical facility, as well as a minimum security prison camp. The Butner facility is approximately eight hours from New York City. Judge Denny Chin who sentenced Madoff seemed to indicate that he would serve his sentence in the Northeast, but the Department of Prisons made the assignment to Butner. Butner is home to quite the collection of white collar criminals. It’s almost like a who’s who of fraudsters and scam artists. According to the Wall Street Journal: Inmates at Butner include Adelphia Communications founder John Rigas and his son Timothy, both found guilty in 2004 of securities fraud. The Rigases are being held in the low-security prison, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. John Rigas, 84, is scheduled to be released in 2018, and Timothy Rigas, 53, in 2022
Despite requests from Bernard Madoff’s lawyer that he be housed elsewhere, the convicted swindler was transferred Monday to a federal prison in Butner, N.C., where he will serve his 150-year sentence. It’s located about 30 miles north of Raleigh, N.C. and is about an eight hour drive from New York City. Madoff’s lawyers had requested that he be housed at the Federal Correctional Institution in Otisville, New York. Butner includes two medium-security prisons, a low-security prison, medical facility and satellite prison camp for minimum-security male inmates.
