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Corrections Head, Rabbi Resign over Prison Bar Mitzvah

By Chris

Prison is no party. Not unless you know the right people, that is. in New York City, the Bureau Chief of Department of Corrections Facility Operations and the chaplain of the Manhattan Detention Complex have resigned after helping a prisoner arrange a bar mitzvah ? inside the prison. Approximately 60 guests arrived at the detention center, known as “The Tombs,” for prisoner Tuvia Stern’s son’s bar mitzvah, which included catered kosher food and a live band, according to an investigation by the New York Post. Apparently the party was such as smash that Stern held his daughter’s engagement party in the prison a few months later. Peter Curcio, the corrections official, resigned Monday; Rabbi Lieb Glanz resigned Tuesday...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Criminal Defense Blog on June 18, 2009 (boomark / email).