KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A top federal official is explaining why prison instead of a halfway house was a better place for a former Tennessee student convicted of hacking Sarah Palin's private e-mail account.A judge had recommended that David Kernell serve his one-year sentence at a Knoxville halfway house. But the U.S. Bureau of Prisons instead sent Kernell to a minimum-security prison in Kentucky.The Knoxville News Sentinel reports that Bureau of Prisons chief Jose Santana wrote to U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Phillips to explain the decision.Santana said the halfway house space is needed for inmates who have limited skills, resources and community support. He said that Kernell has three years of college and the support of his family.Kernell's lawyer says the explanation is lacking.___Information from: The Knoxville News Sentinel, Keep the Peace.Download Free Club (25 january 2007).Cobra (Deviants Snake Bitten mix) .Chill out (28 january 2007) .I Need Someone (including Chaelie Solana remix)
Feds: Palin hacker too well-off for halfway house
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A top federal official is explaining why prison instead of a halfway house was a better place for a former Tennessee student convicted of hacking Sarah Palin's private e-mail account.A judge had recommended that David Kernell serve his one-year sentence at a Knoxville halfway house. But the U.S. Bureau of Prisons instead sent Kernell to a minimum-security prison in Kentucky.The Knoxville News Sentinel reports that Bureau of Prisons chief Jose Santana wrote to U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Phillips to explain the decision.Santana said the halfway house space is needed for inmates who have limited skills, resources and community support. He said that Kernell has three years of college and the support of his family.Kernell's lawyer says the explanation is lacking.___Information from: The Knoxville News Sentinel, Keep the Peace.Download Free Club (25 january 2007).Cobra (Deviants Snake Bitten mix) .Chill out (28 january 2007) .I Need Someone (including Chaelie Solana remix)