Mr. Madoff was expected to return to his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Lower Manhattan while federal prison officials determine where he will serve his sentence. The judge indicated that Mr. Madoff would be imprisoned somewhere in the Northeast.

However, I guess there’s always the possibility of appeal, but I’m not sure how that would work since he himself pled guilty.

Judge Chin seemed to feel the same way:

“I simply do not get the sentence that Mr. Madoff has done all that he could or told all that he knows,” Chin said. As it became clear that Madoff’s scheme was unraveling, Chin cited the jewelry Madoff mailed to family members and other disbursements made to those close to him.

While Madoff tried to pay back investors, Chin says the presentencing memo shows that Madoff withdrew millions of dollars for the personal expenses of family and friends, such as “the acquisition of two yachts and four country club memberships.”

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