This Sun Herald story by Anita Lee is a little old, but I'm just now getting back to some things I wanted to blog about before but didn't have the time for. It says Zach Scruggs' prison sentence begins August 25 -- it had been scheduled to begin today -- and he will serve his time in a minimum-security federal prison in Fort Smith, Arkansas, the same place where Sid Backstrom will serve out his sentence.
Just out of curiousity, I did some quick research on the Ashland, Kentucky prison where Dickie Scruggs is located. Here is a link to a Bureau of Prisons website that talks about the difference between various prisons and their levels of security. Not tremendously informative, but since Ashland is a low-security facility, it indicates prisoners there are housed in dormitory-like s
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