Insurance Law

Zach Scruggs' sentence begins August 25

By David Rossmiller

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 settings.  I lived in a dormitory in college, where I was in a room with a roommate and there were communal showers and toilets, and I'm not sure whether this is what is meant by a dormitory, or if it is some barracks-like setting right out of Cool Hand Luke.  I also found this post on a website that discusses prison rules -- the most interesting thing about the site was that the post is by a state corrections officer whose fiance is a prisoner in a federal facility (hey, stick with what you know, I always says) --  but there is a little additional information about what conditions are like at the Ashland facility.

Full post as published by Insurance Coverage Law Blog on August 15, 2008 (boomark / email).