Madoff, 71, was transferred from the medium security prison facility to Butner’s medical facility on Dec. 18, Catherine Elsea, a spokeswoman for the medical center said in a statement. Elsea declined to say why Madoff was transferred. Citing a person briefed on the matter, the New York Times reported yesterday that Madoff was under observation for dizziness and high blood pressure. “It could be one of a few things,” said Herbert J. Hoelter, a prison consultant who advised Madoff. “They do surgical procedures if there’s a need for that.” Hoelter, a cofounder and chief executive officer of the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives in Baltimore, said the medical center at Butner is a full-service hospital, which is equipped to provide emergency services, surgery, psychiatric care and cancer treatments. ..... Bernard Madoff, the con man who operated the biggest Ponzi scheme in history, has been moved to the Federal Medical Center at the Butner Federal Correctional Complex in Butner, North Carolina.
Madoff, Wall Street’s Toll on Hungry Starts at 100,000 Meals - BL, 2009 December 24, by Patrick Cole
Five days later, the foundation sent an e-mail saying the check wasn’t coming because its investments had been wiped out in the $65 billion Ponzi scheme orchestrated by Bernard Madoff, one of its money managers. That check represented more than 15,500 meals. Madoff is serving a 150-year sentence for masterminding the scheme. Citymeals, which delivers meals to the elderly, also lost donors employed at Bear Stearns & Co. and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., both of which went bankrupt. Last year, Citymeals had a $4 million deficit, and sagging donations have kept its budget flat this year at $18 million while demand for its meals has increased. Last December, Marcia Stein, the executive director of Citymeals-on-Wheels, got a call from Barbara Picower saying her Picower Foundation would be giving the New York food charity $100,000.
I guess the widow Picower has to do some shopping and get her nails and hair done.