Madoff's new home: Cell the size of a walk-in closet

Updated on: 13 March,2009 11:19 AM IST |
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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.

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.

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 schedule

There'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.

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