By Walter F. Roche Jr.
Just days after a federal judge ruled he should remain in jail, federal prison officials have decided that a defendant in the criminal case stemming from a deadly 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak can serve the remainder of his sentence under home confinement.
In a notice issued today, the federal Bureau of Prisons concluded that Gene Svirskiy can serve the remainder of his sentence at his Ashland, Mass. home. He has been serving his 30 month sentence at the federal prison in Ayer, Mass.
Late last month U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns had turned down a request from Svirskiy that he be allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence at home due to an outbreak of Covoid-19 at the Ayer facility.
Victims of the 2012 outbreak were notified of the decision to release Svirskiy in an email from the U.S. Justice Department.
According to the notice Svirskiy will be transferred on July 1 first to a halfway house and then to home confinement. He has some 20 more months to complete his sentence
The notice to victims states that under a directive from the U.S. Attorney General the Bureau of Prisons is required to place inmates who are at minimal risk of recidivating in home confinement.
Svirskiy, who worked as a pharmacist at the New England Compounding Center, was convicted on charges of racketeering, conspiracy, mail fraud and violations of the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act, for his role at the company blamed for the outbreak.
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