Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's new Manhattan home is the size of a walk-in closet, with cinderblock walls, linoleum floors and a bunk bed.
Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's new Manhattan home is the size of a walk-in closet, with cinderblock walls, linoleum floors and a bunk bed. Breakfast will be served before sunrise, and he can stretch his legs outside, but only every other day.
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yeh kahan aa gaye hum: A 7.5-by-8 foot cell such as this will house disgraced financier Bernard Madoff, who was sentenced to jail after pleading guilty to an epic fraud that robbed investors worldwide of billions of dollars. |
The Metropolitan Correctional Center, which has housed accused terrorists and reputed mobsters, welcomed the 70-year-old Madoff yesterday, after he pleaded guilty in one of Wall Street's biggest investment swindles and a judge revoked his bail.
The federal jail in Manhattan stands between a courthouse and a church and holds inmates awaiting trial or serving short sentences. Currently, about 750 men and women are behind bars there.
Since his arrest in December, Madoff has been confined to his $7 million (Rs 36 crore) penthouse apartment.
When inmates first arrive at the jail, they are given physical and psychological exams and instructed on the rules. If cleared to enter the general population, they are issued a baggy brown uniform and assigned to cells measuring 7 1/2-by-8 feet, each fitted with a sink and toilet.
Strict scheduleThere's a strict schedule: Lights on at 6 am, breakfast at 6:30 am, lunch at 11 am, dinner at 5 pm, lights out at 11 pm. During the day, inmates can watch television, play ping pong, work on their cases in a legal library or volunteer for janitorial duty. On alternate days, they are allowed up on the roof.
