By COLlive reporter
Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin, currently appealing a 27 year sentence for financial fraud charges, has been transferred to a medium security prison in Upstate New York.
His son, Getzy Rubashkin, confirmed this information in a phone conversation with COLlive.com Tuesday night.
“It’s true this time,” he said in reference to rumors and false reports that were circulating last week.
“We got confirmation this morning (Tuesday),” Getzy, one of Rubashkin’s 10 children, said.
But he added that “we have not heard from him yet. But he is definitely there.”
A search for Rubashkin’s register number on the online Inmate Locator of the Federal Bureau of Prisons website identified the location as “Otisville FCI.”
Rubashkin requested to serve his sentence in Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Otisville, a medium security facility housing white-collar male criminals, said to house some 58 Jews.
Leah Rubashkin, his wife, is nearby for the summer and is expected to make a permanent move to Brooklyn’s Crown Heights from their home in Postville, Iowa.
She was not available for comment.
Getzy Rubashkin said he is praying that the appeal is successful and that “with Hashem’s help my father won’t be there for long.”
R’ Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin is being held in the “medium – high” security section of Otisville where he will be the only observant Jew amongst a population of violent criminals. There are 40 jews [25 heimishe Yidden] in Otisville’s “satellite camp”, [total population 110, mostly white collar, all with 10 years or less left on their sentences] which I was just released from [after serving 6 months on a probation violation for paying child support late]. There they have a sefer Torah, minyanim and shiurim daily. The “medium – high” at Otisville had gang riots and stabbings while i was… Read more »
A chosid makes his sevivah. Watch how Otisville becomes a chassidishe dirah b’tachtonim.
besuros tovos geuleh now!
You are correct. All the yidden are in the minimum security “camp’ & have kosher facilities, minyanim, shiurim etc. Sholom mordechai is in the “medium security” jail, behind bars etc. We need to keep davening for his geula !
The US has very daconian sentancing laws. In Canada maybe he would get 5 years and be out in 16 months on good behavior.The jails are full of criminals,and yes he is a criminal,who will spent many years away from his comunity. What is needed is a comunity effert to stop this gross injustice so all can retourn home ater a resonable time in jail…
mailing address to send letters to Sholom Mordechai is:
Sholom Rubashkin 10755-029
FCI Otisville
Federal Correction Inst.
P.O. Box 1000
Otisville, NY 10963
he is in the medium side of otisville no minyan no shiur. not so white collar. better than it was but far from good
I suggest we all read up the prison manuel and keep up our tefilos and Tzedokoh
http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/otv/index.jsp
The machsheifa could have left him in hicktown, usa. In Otisville he’ll have minyanim, kosher food and everything that a frum jew needs while in jail. May the appeal be successful!
Shouldn’t be too long, just hang in there.
Has the appeal effort begun?
can somebody please post an address where we can write to him
We are davening for his release from prison too. Can you post the address for sending letters? Thank you.
HES GETTING CLOSER CROWN HIGTS AND THE REBE AND SOON FREE FROM A.A
Even better if Sholom Mordechai will be home immediately! FREE SHOLOM MORDECHAI!!! L’CHERUS OMAIN!
Hischalta degeulah! But theirs still a’ways to go… Keep saying tehilim everyone!!
“meshane makon meshane maz’l letova”
I’m sorry to sound ignorant…but what does “white collar” inmates and “medium security” mean. Does it mean that SMR can walk around the prison freely. i only hope the guards don’t watch every little thing he does. C’V they find a “reason” to put him somewhere else. I say tehillim every day that he should be released and be with his family,like thousands of other people around the world.
ONLY GOOD NEWS FOR HIM AND KLAL YISROEL!!
mailing address to send letters to Sholom Mordechai is:
Sholom Rubashkin 10755-029
FCI Otisville
Federal Correction Inst.
P.O. Box 1000
Otisville, NY 10963
not every posting of news has to have comments.
case-in-point the one above; what is there to say ?!
“oyyy” or “it’s better” please ah bissel saichel never killed anybody. Good tidings by everybody please hashem
Everyone should continue to give money to the fund..
just think about how fast we spend on ourselves restaurants, snacks…without batting an eyelash…
A small donation once in a while everyone could afford….
Thank you, May we hear good news!
Having visited Otisville (for a baal teshuvah) many times, I am sure that there will be (or is already) a shiur chassidus. His short stay there will leave a royshem of what a real chosid is.
This will be much better for Rubashkin!
Getzy Rubashkin said he is praying that the appeal is successful and that “with Hashem’s help my father won’t be there for long.”
say tehelim
BS:D From Iowa to Otisville and from Otisville to Crown Heights very soon G-d willing, may Hashem answer our prayers