Boston Bombing Suspect Moved to Same Prison as Srilankan Rajaratnam

Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was moved from a Boston hospital to the federal medical prison in Massachusetts where former hedge fund manager Srilanka Raj Rajaratnam is serving an 11 year-sentence for insider trading.

Tsarnaev, 19, was transferred to Federal Medical Center Devens, on the site of a decommissioned military base 39 miles (63 kilometers) west of Boston, the U.S. Marshals Service said today in a statement.

Tsarnaev, who was captured April 19 after a four-day manhunt that paralyzed Boston, and as per reporters He may face the death penalty if convicted.

He had been recovering from wounds and he told investigators that he and his brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev acted alone after finding bomb-making information on the Internet. Tamerlan, 26, died trying to elude capture.

Devens houses about 1,000 male offenders requiring specialized or long-term medical care, according the Federal Bureau of Prisons website and John Colautti, a spokesman for the center. It’s designated as an administrative facility, which means it houses inmates of different security classifications, from white-collar criminals such as Rajaratnam to mobsters and sex offenders.

In addition to the medical center, Devens includes a minimum-security prison camp that holds about 124 inmates, Colautti said in a phone interview.

Tsarnaev is being held in an area of single cells each containing a sink, toilet and bed, Colautti said. Each unit is equipped with a solid steel door, which has an observation window and a food slot, Colautti said. Medical providers make periodic rounds, Colautti said.

Rajaratnam, co-founder of Galleon Group LLC, was convicted by a Manhattan federal jury in 2011 of directing the biggest hedge fund insider-trading scheme in U.S. history.

The case is U.S. v. Tsarnaev, 13-mj-02106, U.S. District court, District of Massachusetts (Boston).
Source: Bloomberg Posted by Unknown 4/26/2013