John Rowland has had some prestigious titles in his Connecticut career: state representative, congressman, governor and also independent insurance agent. On March 25, he got a new one: federal inmate No. 15623-014. The three-term Republican governor was scheduled to report to federal prison April 1 for a year-and-a-day corruption sentence. Rowland’s inmate number designation was posted on the U.S. Bureau of Prisons’ inmate database. A judge recommended he serve the sentence at the Federal Prison Camp Devens, a minimum security facility west of Boston, but the U.S. Bureau of Prisons will have the final say.
Rowland admitted trading access to his office for more than $100,000 in vacations, charter airline trips to Las Vegas and home repairs. Though he tried to portray his crimes as tax-related, prosecutors repeatedly called him corrupt at sentencing. He will be eligible for release after 10 months. After his sentence, he must serve four months of house arrest.
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