Madoff Hires Consultant to Find Best Possible Jail

From The Times London Times:

Bernard Madoff has hired a veteran prison consultant to help him to find the best possible jail in which to serve his 150-year sentence for Wall Street’s biggest fraud.

After his sentencing this week Madoff, now Prisoner No 1727-054, met Herb Hoelter, of the National Center for Institutions and Alternatives, whose previous clients include the jailed Sotheby’s chairman Alfred Taubman and the financiers Michael Milken and Ivan Boesky.

The draconian maximum sentence imposed by the judge means that Madoff, 71, will be assigned to a tougher category of prison than most white-collar criminals.He could be forced to mingle with murderers, rapists, drug-dealers and white supremacist gangs with a hatred of Jews. Madoff is Jewish.

He could even find himself incarcerated with terrorists in the infamous “Supermax” jail in Florence, Colorado.

“He was incredibly disappointed. He knew he was going to spend the rest of his life in prison. I don’t think that was ever an issue,” Hoelter told The Times. “But it’s patently unfair to cast him as a symbol of all evil.”

What a Liberal News Rag. Draconian sentence! Draconian! Tell that to the hundreds of people who lost their life savings, you twit!
If you continue to read the rest of the article, and read it as Uncooperative readers, you will see that the reporter is trying to paint our prison facilities as if they were horrible dungeon like pits, where everyone was tortured. Yes, isn't that special.

And the arrogance of this man is astonishing. Does he get to choose? I thought only the Judge could do that. Any thoughts?