> Minimum security institutions, also known as Federal Prison Camps (FPCs), have dormitory housing, a relatively low staff-to-inmate ratio, and limited or no perimeter fencing. These institutions are work- and program-oriented.
The Elizabeth Holmes Wiki page says she is staying here: Federal Prison Camp, Bryan (Texas).
> FPC Bryan along with FPC Lewisburg and FPC Lompoc have the lowest security rating of all the federal institutions, other than community corrections centers as those are known as halfway houses. Due to the low classification, most of these facilities have no fence and a low staff-to-inmate ratio.
No fence!
Oh, it looks like Ghislaine Maxwell (of Jeffrey Epstein fame/infamy) is also staying there.
Lawyers don't have much to do with this part of the process. Adults-in-custody have a points system that reflects where they fall on the ladder as far as custody level goes. More in Program Statement 5100: https://www.bop.gov/policy/progstat/5100_008cn.pdf
Lawyers have a huge impact on how the case (and defendant!)
is presented, what is and is not considered in the trial or plea, what plea the person gets - or if they get one at all, etc.
McMillan was involved in a group of three purchasing around a pound of meth. Yurchik was involved in a ring of 27 people in multiple states moving kilogram quantities over the course of two years: https://www.kxxv.com/news/local-news/central-texans-among-21...
The group also actively laundered its earnings though only half a dozen or so were charged for that. The feds seized seventy-two kg of meth from them, more than one hundred fifty times what this other lady was involved with, a kg of cocaine, a bunch of money, and more than a dozen firearms. These were not cases of radically unequal charging.
I don't know why you picked these two people but I get a little tired of folks presenting such a skewed view of any and everything to come up with "prison bad, judge bad, sentence bad".
> Yurchick was one of 21 people that had been indicted for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute kilogram quantities of methamphetamine in Texas and elsewhere from August 2019 to March 2021 … Yurchick subsequently pleaded guilty to that charge on February 1, 2022
I would pay to boss around country club criminals in chicken suits like Ghislaine Maxwell and Donald Trump over the internet, in the name of rehabilitation.
Well, have you seen "maximum" security prisons in Norway and Finland? It is really something else. You can find videos on YouTube about it. It looks like a summer camp. Of course, they have high social goals to reintegrate these people into regular society when their sentence is complete.
From the US Federal Bureau of Prisons: https://www.bop.gov/about/facilities/federal_prisons.jsp
The Elizabeth Holmes Wiki page says she is staying here: Federal Prison Camp, Bryan (Texas).Check out this Wiki quote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Prison_Camp,_Bryan
No fence!Oh, it looks like Ghislaine Maxwell (of Jeffrey Epstein fame/infamy) is also staying there.