Mike “The Situation” Sorrentinojustbeganhiseight-month prison sentence for tax evasion.
The 36-year-oldJersey Shorestar reported to the Otisville Federal Correctional Institution in Otisville, New York, on Tuesday. According to TMZ, it’sthe same prisonwhere President Donald Trump‘s former attorney Michael Cohen isexpected to serve his three-year sentencefor campaign finance violations, tax evasion and lying to Congress, beginning in March.
FCI Otisville, located about two hours from Manhattan in the Hudson Valley, is a medium security federal correctional institution for male offenders with an adjacent minimum security satellite camp and a detention center. It holds 835 inmates total.
According to the officialhandbook, Otisville prisoners are woken up at 6 a.m. on weekdays, have breakfast at 6:15 and report to work at 7:30. The work involves providing services for the prison, such as laundry or landscaping.
Upon arrival, prisoners are given a set of clothing along with a standard bed roll consisting of two sheets, one pillowcase, two towels and two wash cloths.
Inmates can’t bring much with them, but they are allowed to keep medical or orthopedic devices, legal documents, prescription eye glasses and religious items, as long as they do not pose a security threat.
They can purchase various products at thecommissarywith a spending limit of $320 per month. Items for sale include clothing, hair care, and an array of food and drink that includes sodas, candy, cookies, popcorn, pepperoni and pizza kits.
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Sorrentino, whomarriedhis college sweetheartLauren Pesceon Nov. 1, 2018, will be permitted to wear his plain wedding band inside the prison, asThe Blastfirst pointed out.
Inmates are encouraged to maintain relationships with family members, friends, and other community members through correspondence but cannot receive polaroid pictures through the mail.
Visitors on an inmate’s authorized visiting list may include immediate family and 25 additional adults. A maximum number of four adult visitors and four children can visit the inmate at one time.
Inmates are also allowed 300 calling minutes per month, with a 15-minute maximum per call.
Sorrentino and his brother Marcwere indictedin September 2014 for tax offenses and conspiring to defraud the United States after allegedly failing to properly pay taxes on $8.9 million in income from 2010 to 2012. In April 2017, both menwere indicted on additional chargesincluding tax evasion, structuring and falsifying records.
Sorrentinopled guiltyto one count of tax evasion in January 2018, and his brother Marc pled guilty to one count of aiding in the preparation of a false and fraudulent tax return. In October 2018, Sorrentino wassentenced to eight months in prisonand two years of supervised release, and Marc wassentenced to two years, which he will serve at FCI Fort Dix, a low-security federal prison for male offenders in New Jersey.
Sorrentino was also ordered to complete 500 hours of community service and was given $123,913 in restitution, which he has already paid, plus a fine of $10,000.
source: people.com
