Fate, and the federal prison system, have reunited former Speaker Jim Black and Kevin Geddings, who are now both residents of the Federal Correctional Institution in Jessup, Ga.
Geddings went to Jessup to serve a four-year prison term for fraud charges stemming from his appointment to the nascent lottery commission in 2005. He did not disclose on his state ethics form that lottery companies had paid him thousands in consulting fees in the years leading up to his appointment. Black appointed him.
Black meanwhile, was recently moved to Jessup from a prison in Lewisburg, Pa. Black was sentenced for accepting thousands of dollars in illegal payments while speaker of the state House.
Black is scheduled for release in 2012. Geddings is scheduled for release next year.
Presumably, as a guy who has been at Jessup longer, Geddings is in a position of some relative stature. Perhaps he can find a position to appoint Black to.
Hat tip: J. Andrew Curliss
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