Bernard Madoff Celebrates Birthday In Jail and Disgrace

Convicted swindler Bernard Madoff will celebrate his 71st birthday today in jail and disgrace. Madoff is being held at a federal prison in lower Manhattan, the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC), while he awaits a sentencing hearing, tentatively scheduled for June 16. He is inmate #61727-054. "We do not celebrate inmates' birthdays in any way," said Scott Sussman, Public Information Officer for the MCC. Madoff's wife, Ruth, visited him on Monday. The federal prison system says...Full Story