Lea Fastow ordered to report to detention in downtown Houston

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/topstory/2616658

Lea Fastow, the wife of ex-Enron CFO Andrew Fastow, has been ordered to the Federal Detention Center in downtown Houston to begin serving her one-year sentence on a misdemeanor tax charge on July 12.

The downtown detention center is considerably more restrictive than the minimum security prison camp her attorneys had sought. Lawyers and others familiar with the system say that prisoners of notoriety and celebrity like Lea Fastow are more likely to be targets of other inmates in a higher security prison.

Lea Fastow pleaded guilty to the tax charge May 6 and was sentenced to the maximum by U.S. District Judge David Hittner, who had refused to recommend a specific facility to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, which makes the ultimate prison assignments.

Lea Fastow was a prime candidate for a minimum security prison camp, but the judge's refusal to include her pre-sentencing report in her record could be what caused her to be assigned to the downtown facility.

[Mikimouse]

1. OMG, That's awful...

Think of the deleterious effect the presence of such an obvious corporate ***** will have on the poor inmates.

[Dogmudgeon]

2. She probably pissed off a Junior DA

For some reason, they're messing with her.

--bkl

[Habibi]

3. Surprising

You'd think she would have enough connections to get placed in a minimum-security joint.

[robbedvoter]

4. But what about Kenny?