How Easy Is Prison for White-Collar Cons?

Despite the widespread perception that white-collar offenders all get sent away to cushy Club Fed, the fact is that longer sentences are putting an increasing number of executive-level convicts in closer contact with violent criminals. That could set the stage for an uptick in prison violence involving white-collar offenders.

Ellen Podgor, of White Collar Crime Prof Blog, has an interesting post on the issue:

A perfect example here is [ex-Dynegy Inc. executive] Jamie Olis. Olis initially went to a very secure facility because of the [exorbitant] sentence given to him. When his sentence was reduced he was sent to a less restrictive facility. But even then—it is prison. And as seen this past week, it was the facility near Olis where there was a prison riot and death.

Full post is here.