12-12-2010, 02:36 PM
FOX
Bernie Madoff could be barred from attending his son Mark's funeral, according to rules at the North Carolina prison where he's serving his 150-year sentence, the New York Post reported Sunday.
According to the Inmate Handbook at the medium-security Butner Federal Correctional Institution where Madoff is currently incarcerated, supervised furloughs to attend funerals of "immediate family members" are available only to inmates with two years or less pending on their prison terms.
"Furloughs are a privilege, not a right, and are only granted when clearly in the public interest," the handbook says.
A white-collar felon typically can receive an emergency furlough to attend a funeral, said Ed Bales, managing director of Federal Prisons Consultants, "but this is a whole different ballgame."
"I would question whether they'd grant him a furlough because of heightened publicity," Bales said. "He could be a target. He could be shot."
If Madoff is granted permission, he'd be escorted by federal marshals, paid for by his family.
Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Traci Billingsley said Saturday she didn't have specific information on whether Bernard Madoff had been informed of his son's death or would be allowed to attend a service. In general, she said, inmates are informed of a relative's death as soon as the institution is made aware of it.
His blood is on his father's hands.
Ruth Madoff is blaming her jailed-crook husband, Bernie, for the grisly suicide of their eldest son, Mark, biographer Jerry Oppenheimer told The Post yesterday.
The distraught mother believes Mark "would not have died if it weren't for what [Bernie] had done," the author of "Madoff With the Money" said, quoting a family friend.
"Her wrath is aimed at her husband."
Bernie Madoff could be barred from attending his son Mark's funeral, according to rules at the North Carolina prison where he's serving his 150-year sentence, the New York Post reported Sunday.
According to the Inmate Handbook at the medium-security Butner Federal Correctional Institution where Madoff is currently incarcerated, supervised furloughs to attend funerals of "immediate family members" are available only to inmates with two years or less pending on their prison terms.
"Furloughs are a privilege, not a right, and are only granted when clearly in the public interest," the handbook says.
A white-collar felon typically can receive an emergency furlough to attend a funeral, said Ed Bales, managing director of Federal Prisons Consultants, "but this is a whole different ballgame."
"I would question whether they'd grant him a furlough because of heightened publicity," Bales said. "He could be a target. He could be shot."
If Madoff is granted permission, he'd be escorted by federal marshals, paid for by his family.
Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Traci Billingsley said Saturday she didn't have specific information on whether Bernard Madoff had been informed of his son's death or would be allowed to attend a service. In general, she said, inmates are informed of a relative's death as soon as the institution is made aware of it.
His blood is on his father's hands.
Ruth Madoff is blaming her jailed-crook husband, Bernie, for the grisly suicide of their eldest son, Mark, biographer Jerry Oppenheimer told The Post yesterday.
The distraught mother believes Mark "would not have died if it weren't for what [Bernie] had done," the author of "Madoff With the Money" said, quoting a family friend.
"Her wrath is aimed at her husband."