Disgraced former Congressman George Santos isn’t thrilled with the conditions at FCI Fairton, where he’s six weeks into a seven-year sentence on federal fraud charges.
Among his chief objections against the New Jersey prison was a recent visit from a “childish” administrator who allegedly joked the facility could have marble floors and a jacuzzi, and inmates would still complain.
“Personally, I find marble to be cheap, gaudy, and tacky. But that’s beside the point,” he wrote in a column published by the South Shore Press.
According to Santos, snide comments like that one undermine the real problems in the prison, such as black mold he claims was merely “cover[ed] up” and an air conditioning issue that was just recently resolved “after what felt like an eternity.”
The 37-year-old Republican, who lied about nearly all of his professional and academic achievements before being elected to the House of Representatives, was expelled from Congress in December 2023 after less than a year in office.
In August 2024, he pleaded guilty to charges including wire fraud and identity theft, and was sentencing to 87 months in April.
But in his Monday column, he lectured public servants — including penitentiary operators — that they have an obligation to honor their “titles and responsibilities.”
Santos surrendered to prison officials on July 25, with a dramatic adieu to his supporters on social media.
“Well darlings… the curtain falls, the spotlight dims, and the rhinestones are packed,” he wrote.
Since beginning his sentence, the Queens native has regularly written essays about his experience behind bars. In his his latest South Shore Press missive, Santos promised to “continue to share these dispatches from what I can only describe as my own personal hell here at FCI Fairton in South Jersey.”
In response to a Daily News request for comment on Santos’s allegations, prison officials said they would not remark on the specific “conditions of confinement for any incarcerated individual,” citing safety, security and privacy concerns.
“It is the mission of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), including the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Fairton to operate facilities that are safe, secure and humane,” a spokesperson said.
