[Jesse] Jackson Jr. assigned to minimum security section of prison

[alp227]

Source: Chicago Tribune

WASHINGTON -- Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who entered the Butner federal prison complex in North Carolina this morning after being turned away the day before, has been assigned to Butner’s minimum-security camp, the least secure part of the complex.

At the camp, inmates reside in dormitory-style housing, officials said. It is the only inmate housing area not ringed by a tall prison fence, and it held 332 inmates as of last Thursday.

Prison officials confirmed Jackson’s incarceration after more than half a day of confusion sparked by an announcement Monday night by his lawyer’s spokeswoman. Bunnie Jackson-Ransom, an Atlanta publicist for Jackson lawyer C.K. Hoffler, said Jackson arrived at Butner sometime after 2 p.m. Chicago time Monday.

But Chris McConnell, executive assistant at Butner, told the Tribune late Monday afternoon that Jackson was not in custody. And at the Bureau of Prisons in Washington, spokesman Ed Ross cited the “inmate locator” on the prison system’s public website, which listed Jackson as “not in BOP custody.”

Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-jackson-jr-turned-away-after-showing-up-at-prison-early-20131029,0,4738089.story

[former9thward]

1. Jesse Jackson Jr. had great potential.

He could have been Mayor of Chicago, U.S. Senator or Governor. But he thought he could get away with the things his father did. His father was not an elected official and that is the difference.

[alp227]

3. Are you saying Jesse Sr is a crook?

"the things his father did."

[former9thward]

5. The Chicago media has covered Jesse Jackson Sr's activities for almost 50 years.

If you live or have lived in Chicago you are familiar with it. If not then maybe you are not.

[alp227]

6. Never been to Chicagoland so I don't know what activities Jesse Sr. would've done

that Jesse Jr. would get in trouble for.

[marshall]

2. Will he get conjugal visits with his wife?

Their relationship will be key in getting him through this.

[rug]

4. Not in federal prison.

http://www.bop.gov/inmate_locator/faqs.jsp#27