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Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver leaves US District Court after he was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison, in New York, July 20, 2020. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will be returned to federal prison after federal authorities denied him home confinement, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
The person could not discuss the matter publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.
Silver was released Tuesday from a federal prison on furlough while he awaited potential placement to home confinement. The 77-year-old Silver had been in prison since August, where he was serving more than six-year sentence at a prison in Otisville, New York.
May 6, 2021
Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is going back to prison.
NBC 4 New York reports he s being returned from furlough after his request for home confinement was denied.
Silver was furloughed from the Otisville Correctional Facility earlier this week, but could return as early as today.
Silver is serving a six-year sentence on corruption charges.
Michael Balsamo May 06, 2021 - 12:06 PM
WASHINGTON - Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will be returned to federal prison after federal authorities denied him home confinement, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
The person could not discuss the matter publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.
Silver was released Tuesday from a federal prison on furlough while he awaited potential placement to home confinement. The 77-year-old Silver had been in prison since August, where he was serving more than six-year sentence at a prison in Otisville, New York.
His return to prison came after the U.S. attorney s office in Manhattan, which prosecuted Silver s case, said it had notified the Bureau of Prisons that it had opposed Silver s release.
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