UPDATED: Does Sholom Rubashkin now have a rabbi? What federal prison is the money laundering rebbe really in? The answer is…
The Federal Medical Facility at Devens, 39 miles west of Boston. The Spinka Rebbe will undergo medical tests and full medical evaluation before being placed in a federal prison or federal prison medical facility for the duration of his sentence.
Update 1:35 pm CST – I've been told by a source (who spoke with the son of another haredi prisoner) that the Spinka rebbe was transferred to Otisville this morning where he prayed with the prison minyan and sang hasidic songs with his fellow inmates.
There is no way to officially confirm this, however.
That said, it appears Sholom Rubashkin now has a rabbi.
Update 7:55 am CST 12-17-10 – It's official. He's in the Otisville Minimum Security Camp (as opposed to the Otisville Federal Penitentiary, that houses inmates who have longer sentences or who are violent):