What might prison be like for Jasiel Correia?

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Jasiel Correia II may be making upstate New Hampshire his home soon, as an inmate of the federal prison in Berlin. Correia is due to start serving a six-year prison sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution Berlin this week, if his motion to delay his sentence is denied. But what do we know about the facility? Here are six things you need to know about the prison that could be his new residence.

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