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) - Bob McDonnell's defense team asked that he be incarcerated close to home at the Petersburg Low Security Federal Correctional Facility.
8News took a glimpse of what life is like inside the penitentiary, which is no stranger to fallen politicians. Both former Washington DC Mayor Marion Barry and former Richmond Mayoral Aide Joel Harris served time in this facility.
Inmates here are welcome to take advantage of athletics, like basketball and weightlifting, but are still under restrictive supervision.
According to the Inmate Orientation Handbook, there are head counts five times a day.
Movement throughout the facility is systematic with ten minutes at the top of each hour to walk from one area of the institution to another.
Phone calls are limited to about ten minutes each day.
Inmates may only wear institution issued clothing which includes shirts with a collar and pants with a belt.
Those incarcerated here are allowed one radio and headphones are mandatory.
Everything inmates own while serving time inside must be purchased from the commissary.