Dean Skelos, convicted felon According to the BOP and newspaper reports, Dean Skelos, the once powerful New York State Senate Leader is now an inmate at FCI Otisville Camp. For a person with such power, being in prison, even if it is a camp, is extremely demeaning demoralizing. You lose your sense of identity in prison. You are barely a body in prison. The guards treat as a number. The man is also 70 years old. That is cruel and unusual punishment. For him to keep his sanity, he will need to make a routine. Federal law mandates you serve 87 percent of the sentence. However, the new prison reform act that was signed into law by President Trump, may substantially reduce the time he needs to serve. We need to follow the memos from the Bureau of Prisons and Justice Department to see how much time will be shaved off with the new law. I heard from my friend, David Solan, that it is an extra one week of good behavior per year. Time will tell. In any event, to read more ab...
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