The last we saw convicted con-man Tony Young, he was being led out of a Philadelphia courtroom in handcuffs. His wife asked Judge Juan Sanchez to recommend that he be sent to a Florida prison so that she could visit, but the judge seemed unmoved by her pleas.
I asked my reporter pal Mike where Tony ended up, and he found out that he was assigned to the Federal Correctional Institution at Jesup in southeast Georgia.
According to its website, this is "a medium security facility housing male offenders. It has two adjacent satellite facilities: a low security facility and a minimum security prison camp, both housing male inmates."
I read the inmate manual and all I can say is, prison life sounds like a nightmare. Everything is controlled: your clothes (khaki pants and tucked-in khaki shirt), daily schedule, possessions, meals, hygiene, visitors, TV and computer use.
One hopes Tony is paying close attention to the following paragraph in the manual:
"The Bureau of Prisons strongly encourages inmates to satisfy their financial obligations; i.e., special assessments, court ordered restitution, fines and court costs, Judgements in favor of the United States, other debts owed to the United States, and other court ordered obligations ... You should make every effort to satisfy your financial obligations by paying the maximum amount."
Paying back the millions that he scammed could be tough on his new salary, though: the top-paying prison job pays only 40 cents an hour.
Prison is a long way from Tony's former homes: FCI Jesup is 756 miles from West Marlborough, 1,367 miles from Mount Desert Island and 387 miles from Palm Beach.
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