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July 2, 2009 · Anyone who thinks that convicted swindler Bernard Madoff will serve easy time in a "Club Fed" minimum-security prison should think again. Not only is he unlikely to land in a cushy cellblock, but he will need to watch his back, consultants and former inmates say. Madoff, who was sentenced to 150 years in prison for masterminding the largest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history, will likely do no better than medium security and could even be assigned to a maximum-security facility if his safety is deemed to be at risk — and it may well be, experts say. "I don't believe Bernie Madoff is going to give anybody any problem in prison," says Ed Bales, managing director for Federal Prison Consultants LLC. "But the fact is: What are those other inmates going to do? Is he going to get killed? That's the number one question."... [read full story]
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