Five prison officials have been disciplined in New York after a wealthy inmate was allowed to throw a bar mitzvah for his son in jail.
Convicted fraudster Tuvia Stern brought in his own caterer, kosher food and 60 guests for the six-hour party in the gym of the Manhattan Detention Complex.
The caterer supplied diners with knives, and guests were allowed to keep their mobile phones, according to the New York Post.
Guests reportedly included several prominent rabbis, a famous Orthodox Jewish singer and a band. Stern was allowed to wear his own clothes at the event.
Overtime pay for staff overseeing the event was met by the prison, which is nicknamed The Tombs.
Four months after the party, last December, Stern was allowed to host an engagement party for 10 family members in the same venue.
Rabbi Leib Glanz, the prison chaplain who arranged the bar mitzvah, was suspended for two weeks.
Four others, including the prison's warden and a Muslim imam who is assistant commissioner for ministerial services, had their holiday docked by two weeks.
Stern was accused in 1989 of swindling $1.7m. He jumped bail and fled to Brazil with his wife and five children. He was caught in 2006 while trying to enter Britain and was jailed in the US last year.
Convicted fraudster Tuvia Stern brought in his own caterer, kosher food and 60 guests for the six-hour party in the gym of the Manhattan Detention Complex.
The caterer supplied diners with knives, and guests were allowed to keep their mobile phones, according to the New York Post.
Guests reportedly included several prominent rabbis, a famous Orthodox Jewish singer and a band. Stern was allowed to wear his own clothes at the event.
Overtime pay for staff overseeing the event was met by the prison, which is nicknamed The Tombs.
Four months after the party, last December, Stern was allowed to host an engagement party for 10 family members in the same venue.
Rabbi Leib Glanz, the prison chaplain who arranged the bar mitzvah, was suspended for two weeks.
Four others, including the prison's warden and a Muslim imam who is assistant commissioner for ministerial services, had their holiday docked by two weeks.
Stern was accused in 1989 of swindling $1.7m. He jumped bail and fled to Brazil with his wife and five children. He was caught in 2006 while trying to enter Britain and was jailed in the US last year.
