PANews reported on April 25 that according to Cointelegraph, SBF, co-founder of the bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, was transferred to the low-security federal correctional institution Terminal Island in San Pedro, California. Previously, he was detained in the Victorville medium-security prison known for its frequent violence, but lawyer Samuel Goldfaden said he was actually placed in a secure area of the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC Brooklyn).
Terminal Island is located in San Pedro, California, and it also holds prisoners involved in financial crimes. New York lawyer Aaron Brogan analyzed that SBF was included in the low-risk assessment due to his non-violent criminal record, which may be the main reason for the transfer, and his defense of suspected autism was not accepted. Brogan also revealed that the transfer may be related to SBF's solitary confinement after accepting an interview with political commentator Tucker Carlson without authorization. Shortly after the interview, he was transferred to a prison with better conditions and closer to his family. He pointed out that low-security prisons are generally better, which can reduce the risk of violent attacks and facilitate communication with lawyers, but emphasized that this conclusion is still uncertain. The transfer does not affect the process of his appeal and application for pardon, but it has aroused the outside world's attention to the differentiated treatment of non-violent criminals in prison.
