Kwame Kilpatrick, Bobby Ferguson being held at Federal Correctional Institution in Milan
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Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and former city contractor Bobby Ferguson are being held at the Milan Federal Correctional Institute, after being sentenced directly to jail on Monday, ClickOnDetroit.com reported.
Kwame Kilpatrick speaks at an event at Eastern Michigan University in 2011. A judge has ordered him straight to federal prison in Milan Monday following his conviction on 24 charges related to public corruption.
Chris Asadian I AnnArbor.com file photo
The Milan federal prison is a low-security prison for men in Michigan, operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons at 4000 Arkona Rd. in Milan.
Kilpatrick and Ferguson were sentenced directly to jail by U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds in a 1:30 p.m. hearing Monday, following a court session earlier that morning in which a jury found Kilpatrick guilty on 24 of 30 charges and Ferguson guilty of nine of 11 charges.
Kilpatrick and Ferguson are not living among the prison's general population, according to ClickOnDetroit, and have not had any visitors.
As of March 7, there were 1,544 inmates at the facility, which has basketball and tennis courts, horseshoe pits and a softball field.
Kilpatrick has been locked up in the Federal Correctional Institution in Milan before -- he was transferred there in 2010 from the Oaks Correctional Facility near Manistee for easier access to his defense team and research facilities.
Sources told ClickOnDetroit that Kilpatrick and Ferguson have not had any visitors and are not receiving any special attention.
Comments
Atlas Shrugged
Tue, Mar 12, 2013 : 5:28 p.m.
On a more important note, the Twinkies brand has been bought, and so those wonderful morsels will be back on store shelves soon!
PineyWoodsGuy
Tue, Mar 12, 2013 : 10:34 p.m.
What about Ding Dongs? Will they be available? http://www.amazon.com/Hostess-Ding-Dongs-box-24ct/dp/B0027AOIOU
Piledriver
Tue, Mar 12, 2013 : 6:41 p.m.
First Kwame & Bobby get convicted and sent to prison....now Twinkies will be back! There is a God!
pegret
Tue, Mar 12, 2013 : 6:39 p.m.
Well, hopefully Kwame's enjoyed his last Twinkie anyway.
tdw
Tue, Mar 12, 2013 : 5:51 p.m.
The cupcakes too ?
music to my ear
Tue, Mar 12, 2013 : 5:07 p.m.
if not in the "general" population where are they in the lounge lounging on a serious note they dont have to keep kwame from anyone he is a big guy ,and can hold his own I figured that is why his wife did not show up in court, (if that were my guy) she was waiting in the wings to fly away with he and the kids.
Greg
Tue, Mar 12, 2013 : 4:33 p.m.
Yea, time for this guy to get gone.