Ex-Governor to Begin Federal Prison Term
From Times Wire Reports
Former Gov. John G. Rowland, who resigned in disgrace and pleaded guilty to corruption, was due to report to a federal prison camp today to serve his one-year sentence.
A federal judge had recommended that Rowland be sentenced to a prison just outside Boston, a locale that would make it easy for his family to visit. But the U.S. Bureau of Prisons assigned him to Loretto, Pa.
Rowland, 47, a once-popular three-term Republican, admitted accepting gifts and vacations in exchange for political access.
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