Following the prison career of Bernie Lawrence Madoff, Prisoner No. 61727-054
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From time-to-time many people may wonder where Bernie Madoff is. Well Bernard Lawrence Madoff, otherwise known as number 61727-054 a 70 year-old white male is currently residing at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in New York City. The MCC is an administrative facility housing male and female pre-trial and holdover inmates. His release date is unknown.
FINDING A PRISONER: You can follow the prison career of BM using the Federal Prison Locator. Bernie will be moved after his June 16, 2009 sentencing. And he’s likely to be placed in a medium security location; either Allenwood in Pennsylvania or Otisville in upstate New York. Follow the link for each institution to read the rules and regulations for each institution.
Prisoner No. 61727-054
The MCC New York is located in lower Manhattan, adjacent to Foley Square and across the street from the Federal courthouse. It is in the Judicial District: Southern New York.
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CONTACTING A PRISONER: Rules concerning Visiting, Telephone, E-mail & Correspondence are online. You should know that unless number 61727-054 puts you name on his visiting list, that you won’t be able to drop in to see him. The way prison visits work is off of an approved list. The inmate seeks to add a person’s name to his approved visitor list, the warden reviews and approves it to be added and then visitor does the same (somewhat). No contact with unapproved persons.
OFFICIALLY: Visiting - The BOP encourages visiting to help inmates maintain morale and ties with family members, friends, and others in the community. Inmates are permitted face-to-face visits with approved family and friends, and confidential visits with attorneys.
INTERNET USE BY PRISONERS: Of course this being the Internet age some prisons do allow limited and controlled email contact.
OFFICIALLY: Electronic Messaging (E-mail) - The BOP allows inmates housed at institutions operating the Trust Fund Limited Inmate Computer System (TRULINCS) access to electronic messaging. Electronic messaging through the use of e-mail allows for text only correspondence in a secured manner between inmates and the general public. In order to maintain security and the good order of our institutions, electronic messages are subject to monitoring. See e-mail information and FAQ.
MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS: Will BM be allowed the Wall Street Journal, Barrons, IBD and other investment related publications? Absolutely without question he can receive these, so long as they don’t create a security problem within the prison. If on the other hand inmates seek investment advice or BM is trading investment advice for “favors”, then the warden may become involved.
OFFICIALLY: Inmates may also receive certain commercial publications from the community. The BOP permits an inmate to subscribe to or receive publications without prior approval as long as the incoming publication is not detrimental to the security, discipline, or good order of the institution, or facilitate criminal activity.
MONEY, MONEY, MONEY: Funding toothpaste, television, underwear and other incidentals while in prison? Yes Bernig will now need money and because he won’t be earning very much he’ll still need other people’s money to live on. If you want to send Bernie money or to seek to attach any money he may have in his prison account? You must follow the rules. First you have to send a money order made out to the inmate that includes his full name and prison number (8 digits). You have to include a return name and address. Put your name and address in the upper left corner of the envelope and make sure it is legible. Do not include anything you want to give to the inmate. Anything else will likely be thrown out.
OFFICIALLY: U.S. Postal Service - Inmates' families and friends choosing to send inmates funds through the mail must send those funds to the following address and in accordance with the directions provided below:
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Insert Valid Committed Inmate Name
Insert Inmate Eight Digit Register Number
Post Office Box 474701
Des Moines, Iowa 50947-0001
The deposit must be in the form of a money order made out to the inmate's full committed name and complete eight digit register number. Effective December 1, 2007, all non-postal money orders and non-government checks processed through the National Lockbox will be placed on a 15 day hold. The Bureau of Prisons will return funds that do not have valid inmate information to the sender provided the envelope has an adequate return address. Personal checks and cash cannot be accepted for deposit.
The sender's name and return address must appear on the upper left hand corner of the envelope to ensure that the funds can be returned to the sender in the event that they cannot be posted to the inmate's account. The deposit envelope must not contain any items intended for delivery to the inmate. The Bureau of Prisons shall dispose of all items included with the funds.
TELEPHONE CALLS: Yes, inmates can have telephone calls. The inmate has to pay for the call or it can be a collect call; which tend to be more expensive. Phone conversations are monitored and may be recorded. Phone contact is a welcomed luxury for prisoners.
OFFICIALLY: Telephones - The BOP extends telephone privileges to inmates to help them maintain ties with their families and other community contacts. Ordinarily, the inmate pays for the calls; but in some cases the receiving party pays. Limitations and conditions may be imposed upon an inmate's telephone privileges to ensure they are consistent with the BOP's correctional management responsibilities. A notice is posted next to each telephone advising inmates that calls are monitored. Unmonitored calls to attorneys are permitted in certain circumstances. Third-party or other alternative call arrangements are not permitted; this ensures inmates do not have the opportunity to use phones for criminal or other inappropriate purposes.