Convicted U.S. Judge Put in Halfway House
Convicted U.S. District Judge Walter L. Nixon Jr. has been released from a minimum security prison and sent to a halfway house, 15 months into a five-year prison term for lying to a grand jury.
Federal prison officials said that Nixon, who served on the federal bench in Mississippi, was transferred last week from Eglin Air Force Base in the Florida Panhandle to Volunteers of America Community Correction Center in New Orleans.
A spokesman refused to give details but said that prisoners are usually sent to halfway houses or community corrections centers 30 to 120 days prior to their expected parole dates. Nixon is scheduled for parole in November.
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