Bannon ordered to report to FCI Danbury on July 1.
Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon will serve his four-month prison sentence at a facility in Connecticut known for housing violent offenders.
YourNews reported that Bannon, a former advisor to President Donald Trump, will be held at the Federal Correctional Institution Danbury (FCI Danbury) instead of a minimum-security prison camp typically reserved for nonviolent offenders. This is because he is facing an ongoing criminal case in New York.
The facility where Bannon is expected to serve his sentence has housed violent offenders, raising concerns about his safety and security during his incarceration. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, FCI Danbury houses a total of 1,065 inmates. Approximately one-third of this total are sex offenders, while under 40 percent were convicted on drug-related charges as reported by the News Times.
The prison in the Constitution State has a history of housing inmates convicted of serious crimes. The New Haven Register recounted one male inmate who was convicted of sexually abusing a child and threatening to kill a federal judge. He was indicted again this month for sending threatening communications to a court employee.
In another instance, a female inmate formerly incarcerated in FCI Danbury for “murder with a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime” entered a guilty plea. According to a press release from the Department of Justice, the plea followed her assault of another inmate with a weapon fashioned from two razor blades and a broken pencil.
“As Bannon prepares to report to the Danbury facility, questions remain about his ability to navigate the challenging environment,” YourNews continued. “The decision to place him in such a setting underscores the severity of his ongoing legal issues and the implications of his conviction.”
Bannon ordered to report to FCI Danbury on July 1
Bannon, a prominent figure in the Trump administration who later hosted “Bannon’s War Room,” was convicted of contempt of Congress in July 2022 after failing to comply with a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 Select Committee. His impending imprisonment at FCI Danbury marks a significant moment in his legal battles.
It also followed a judge’s order for Bannon to report to prison by July 1. In a June 6 decision, U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols of the District Court for D.C. ruled that Bannon should serve his jail sentence at the soonest. According to the magistrate, he did not believe the “original basis” for his stay of the imposition of Bannon’s sentence existed any longer, following an appeals court rejecting Bannon’s appeal in May and upholding his conviction. (Related: Judge orders Steve Bannon to report to prison on July 1 to begin serving sentence for ginned-up “crime” for which no Democrat is ever prosecuted.)
Nichols’ decision also sided with a motion filed by federal prosecutors. They argued that there was “no legal basis” for the continued stay of Bannon’s sentence after his conviction was upheld.
Bannon appeared in person before Nichols on June 6, when the ruling instructing the former Trump advisor to report to prison was announced. He was unfazed as the federal magistrate read the decision, in contrast to his lawyer David Schoen who was raising his voice.
Trump himself condemned the sentence on Bannon in a post on Truth Social, calling it a “total and complete American tragedy.” He suggested that instead of his former chief strategist, members of the Jan. 6 Select Committee should be prosecuted instead.
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