{"id":165173,"date":"2022-12-14T11:36:17","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T15:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=165173"},"modified":"2022-12-14T11:37:08","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T15:37:08","slug":"sam-bankman-frieds-bahamas-jail-infested-by-rats-and-maggots-not-fit-for-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/sam-bankman-frieds-bahamas-jail-infested-by-rats-and-maggots-not-fit-for-humanity\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Bankman-Fried\u2019s Bahamas jail infested by rats and maggots: \u2018Not fit for humanity\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-1478870891\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p>Fallen crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried is being held in a Bahamian jail known to be overrun with rats and maggots \u2014 one so bad a warden has called it \u201cnot fit for humanity.\u201d<\/p><div id=\"antig-3787234982\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"PHOTO-2026-04-29-09-48-12\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-04-29-09-48-12.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-04-29-09-48-12.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-04-29-09-48-12.jpg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-04-29-09-48-12.jpg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-04-29-09-48-12.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-04-29-09-48-12.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The accused fraudster, once estimated to be worth $32 billion, is being held in the island\u2019s only correctional facility, Fox Hill Prison, until at least Feb. 8 after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/12\/13\/sam-bankman-fried-tells-court-he-plans-to-fight-extradition\/\">failing to get bail\u00a0<\/a>while fighting against extradition to the US.<\/p>\n<p>The jail was the focus of a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/reports\/2021-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices\/bahamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">damning report last year by the US Department of State<\/a>\u00a0into possible human rights violations, including violence and abuse by staff.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1488939564\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-256956407\" class=\"antig-content_12 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"uwi\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/uwi.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/uwi.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/uwi.jpg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/uwi.jpg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/uwi.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u201cInmates removed human waste by bucket,\u201d the government report noted of the jail where often six inmates are crammed into tiny cells that are only six feet by 10 feet.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3675515849\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:132\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:450\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:675\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:842\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1124\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u201cSome inmates developed bedsores from lying on bare ground,\u201d the report said of \u201charsh\u201d conditions from \u201covercrowding, poor nutrition, inadequate sanitation, and inadequate medical care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSanitation was a general problem, and cells were infested with rats, maggots, and insects,\u201d the state department noted.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2960402348\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"IMG_0783\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/barbadostoday.bb\/2019\/05\/27\/regional-bahamas-prison-not-fit-for-humanity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nassau Guardian newspaper<\/a>\u00a0said it saw the rodents firsthand during a 2019 tour, with a prison guard confirming \u201cthat rats run up and down all day, every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDogs don\u2019t deserve to live in the state that maximum security is in,\u201d the officer told the paper on the condition of anonymity.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1785074452\" class=\"antig-content_3 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"IMG_1115\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_1115.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_1115.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_1115.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_1115.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_1115.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u201cBoy, you don\u2019t even know. \u2026 It\u2019s not fit for humanity,\u201d the warden said.<\/p><div id=\"antig-32152999\" class=\"antig-content_6 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Fox Hill Prison is so bad, in fact, some inmates have begged to be extradited back to the US just to escape it.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, a pastor waived his right to fight extradition to Georgia \u2014 where he was ultimately\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/crime--law\/atlanta-minister-who-fled-court-arrested-bahamas-gets-life-sentence-for-raping-girl\/OzjFHYSJYxePHaKZ1bhxqN\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sentenced to life\u00a0<\/a>in prison for rape and child molestation \u2014 because he feared being killed by gangs in the brutal Bahamian jail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFox Hill ain\u2019t no place for nobody to stay in\u2026 I am ready to go,\u201d rapist Don Martin told the magistrate who approved his extradition,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tribune242.com\/news\/2019\/may\/23\/rapist-pastor-begs-go-back-us-jail-fox-hill-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Tribune reported\u00a0<\/a>at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Many believe Bankman-Fried \u2014 who signaled plans to fight his extradition \u2014 should do the same, even though he faces a maximum of 115 years in prison if convicted of all eight federal charges he faces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no advantage to him staying, he\u2019ll be sent to the U.S. eventually anyway,\u201d said Larry Levine, the founder of Wall Street Prison Consultants, which advises those convicted of white-collar crimes on how to get into better prisons.<\/p>\n<p>Bahamian Commissioner of Correctional Services Doan Cleare claimed that the hideous conditions have been improved by renovations, saying \u201cwe don\u2019t have any issues with rodents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the disgraced 30-year-old FTX mogul will start his stay in the medical department in a sick bay that can hold about five people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe will be in sick bay for orientation purposes and then we will determine where best to place him,\u201d Cleare said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, it will be a stunning change of scenery for the former crypto wunderkind who lived and worked in extravagant luxury in the Bahamas before his arrest late Monday.<\/p>\n<p>That luxury, however, is part of the slew of accusations against him, which include separate charges from the SEC, accusing him of using investors\u2019 money as \u201chis personal piggy bank to buy luxury condominiums.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bankman-Fried has apologized to customers and acknowledged failings at FTX, but said he does not personally think he has any criminal liability.<\/p>\n<p>That luxury, however, is part of the slew of accusations against him, which include separate charges from the SEC, accusing him of using investors\u2019 money as \u201chis personal piggy bank to buy luxury condominiums.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bankman-Fried has apologized to customers and acknowledged failings at FTX, but said he does not personally think he has any criminal liability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SOURCE: NY Post<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"antig-3590410365\" class=\"antig-in-comments_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/@hadeedmotorsltd\" aria-label=\"Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2\"><img 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