Thursday, March 1, 2007 · Last updated 9:49 a.m. PT
Ex-Rep. Ney reports to federal prisonBy VICKI SMITH
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Former Congressman Bob Ney reported to a federal prison
Thursday morning to begin serving a 2 1/2-year sentence for corruption, a fall from
grace spurred by gifts from now imprisoned lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
As inmate No. 28882-016, Ney's lifestyle will be more austere and his wardrobe mainly
khaki.
-snip-Ney pleaded guilty in October to conspiracy and making false statements, admitting he
traded influence for golf trips, campaign donations and other gifts arranged by once-
influential lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his associates.
-snip-Ney's prison - a three-hour drive from his home in Heath, Ohio, and an hour south of
Pittsburgh - resembles a school campus. There is no razor wire. It has a library and
workout room.
-snip-Full article:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_Ney_Corruption.html