Traficant still in Minnesota

March 10, 2009 at 12:08a.m.

Ex-U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. was still a prisoner at the Federal Bureau of Prisons Medical Center in Rochester, Minn., as of Monday, according to Mike Real, a spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

The bureau typically sends nonviolent prisoners to a halfway facility about six months before their release day.

Convicted in 2002 of 10 counts, including bribery, obstruction of justice and tax evasion, Traficant’s term is up Sept. 2. Based on that, Monday was the first day he could have been transferred to a halfway house.