What it's like at the prison in Otisville where Michael Cohen may go

[Eugene]

Source: CNN

What it's like at the prison in Otisville where Michael Cohen may go

By Eric Levenson, CNN
Updated 2341 GMT (0741 HKT) December 12, 2018

(CNN) — Michael Cohen said in court Wednesday that he had been living in a "personal and mental incarceration" under President Donald Trump and that his prison sentence would, ironically, help him get back his freedom.

That's particularly true if he goes to a certain minimum-security prison not far from the city.

In federal court on Wednesday, US District Judge William Pauley agreed to recommend that Cohen serve his 36-month prison sentence at FCI Otisville, about 70 miles northwest of New York City.

FCI Otisville has sometimes been viewed as a preferable prison option for inmates convicted of white-collar crimes. In 2009, Forbes named it one of "America's 10 cushiest prisons."

Despite the judge's recommendation, the decision as to where Cohen will spend time is ultimately up to the Bureau of Prisons, which has sole responsibility for determining where offenders spend their prison sentences.

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[brewens]

1. It needs to be hard time, general population for these guys. If that seems harsh, look at it as

incentive to improve prison conditions. If guys like Cohen can't on the country club lockup anymore, they might favor doing something about it.

[orangecrush]

2. Needs to go to poor people prison

[dubyadiprecession]

3. Yes, and poor people go to prison right away after being sentenced.

What the fuck kind of judge lets Cohen, take till march to serve his time?!

[GWC58]

5. Well Bill Cosby went to prison the day of sentencing.

Clearly the prosecutor, in that case, didn’t like, at all, Cosby calling him an “asshole.” 🥴

[former9thward]

6. A normal federal judge.

You may not understand federal court procedures. Defendants who are convicted of non-violent crimes are often given a period to organize their lives before reporting to prison. There is nothing special about this case. The judge was appointed by Bill Clinton.

[Hoyt]

11. "Some rob you with a six gun, some with a fountain pen." Both deserve equal treatment.

[GWC58]

4. Cohen will do time, however it

won’t be hard, or harsh, time. He does need to worry about state charges that will, surely, be filed. 🤔 A stint in a state correctional facility, any state facility, is not like time in a federal correctional facility. And it sure seems like this incoming NY State Attorney General is going to be investigating the Trump (crime) family. 👿☠️

[former9thward]

7. State charges will not be filed.

A fantasy.

[GWC58]

8. Time will tell. Maybe yes, maybe nay.

[Marie Marie]

9. I am enraged that White Collar Crime is somehow considered to be less of a crime than others.

Some white collar criminals may not have murdered their victims but they sure may have ruined their lives. And, they broke the law and did so knowingly. I'm not advocating for a cruel place of incarceration but then none of our prisons should be and yet non-violent offenders get sent there all the time. Why do we have "cushy" prisons for white collar criminals? Oh, yea, money talks.

[RainCaster]

10. Forbes magazine - the reference for white crime institutions

I love this--what magazine is known for rating prisons? It must be Forbes.