Accused Ponzi Schemer R. Allen Stanford Protests Lack of Air Conditioning in Jail

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Stanford Protests Lack of Air Conditioning in Jail

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aMxbFY2lM.80

July 27 (Bloomberg) -- R. Allen Stanford, the Texas financier accused of directing a $7 billion Ponzi scheme, complained that his jail cell often lacks light and air conditioning.

For the past week, Stanford, who’s in a cell in Conroe, Texas, with from eight to 10 other men, has endured heat and intermittent lack of power when outside temperatures reached 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) or more, his lawyer, Dick DeGuerin, said yesterday in a motion asking that his client be transferred to a downtown Houston jail.

“For part of the time last week, they were in total darkness,” DeGuerin wrote. “The cell has been without air conditioning for at least a week. There are no windows for light or ventilation, and the conditions are intolerable.”

U.S. District Judge David Hittner in Houston on July 15 denied Stanford’s original request to be transferred while he awaits trial on charges of conspiracy, fraud and obstruction. The financier is being held without bail at the privately run Joe Corley Detention Center, about 43 miles north of Houston.

Pablo Paez, a spokesman for Boca Raton, Florida-based GEO Group Inc., which runs the facility, said in an e-mail that it has full power and air conditioning.

DeGuerin said in a phone interview that that wasn’t the case as of yesterday. He hasn’t spoken with Stanford since then, he said.

“They’ve been without air conditioning for over a week and it’s over 100 degrees outside and it’s even hotter in a room with 10 people,” DeGuerin said.

[murielm99]

1. The poor baby. n/t

[ccharles000]

2. waa

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[ThirdWorldJohn]

4. Well he probably has a lawsuit then. In texas State prisons, fans are held to be

a necessity and not a luxury, in a prison without air conditioning. The fans are furnished by the state and if an inmate requests a fan, it is required that he get one within 24 hours of his request being submitted to the guard.

[sjdnb]

5. Aww, so sad, too bad ...

Another scumbag has to smell himself. The politicians these guys buy cry about union wages while pillaging every company for all they can get. F them all!

[LooseWilly]

6. Maybe he should hire some KBR contractors, out of his own pocket, to fix the problem.

He probably won't be fatally electrocuted as a result...

[argyl]

7. So I guess the other ten men aren't included in this motion.That could cause some resentment.

This guy stole billions. Why should he suffer the physical discomfort of,say,someone in possession of a smal amount of drugs?

Being locked up is a great equalizer,Allen old boy.Too much whining could get your ass kicked when the lights go out.

[condoleeza]

8. Doesn't he realize they're just conditioning him for hell? n/t

[Donnachaidh]

9. DUZY! n/t

[LiberalAndProud]

11. I hear it's much hotter there.

[conspirator]

10. CMAFR nt

[quaker bill]

12. I hear

that the food is pretty bland and there are no waitresses, the beds are uncomfortable, there may be cable, but no HBO, and the company there can be a bit on the scary side.

All of these are very good reasons not to go to prison. I have managed to avoid this through honesty, hard work, and not stealing billions of dollars.

[zbdent]

14. and the jumpsuit?

not even tailored ... and it's not Italian!

[Pavulon]

13. He is lucky not to have an aids

infected member up his ... It is like 7am, to early to post on ass rape. Even so, this guy is an ass and hope he dies of old age in prison. Thats where bernie went, butner facility has a hospital on site, one that specializes in old prisoners who are going to die in custody.