Thursday, December 5, 2013

Frank Vennes in Prison


Screenshot from BOP inmate locator.

UPDATE: The Best Places to Go to Prison (CNBC)

FCI Butner is part of the latest trend — a federal correctional complex that includes several prisons with varying security levels. The campus in Butner, N.C., also includes a medical center.

While it’s the low-security facility that Ellis prefers, he said the entire campus is viewed as the “crown jewel of the Bureau of Prisons.” One criminal who scored a cell is Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, who calls FCI Butner Medium home. Madoff “hit the inmate lottery,” Ellis said.

The prison complex is close to the Research Triangle area of Durham, Raleigh, and Chapel Hill — that means good quality interns are available to work for free at the facilities.