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In an article that reads like an ill-sourced celebrity tabloid, the Post reported that Madoff takes 20 pills a day and participates in Native American religious purification ceremonies held at an on-grounds "sweat lodge." The paper also says Madoff is being courted by various gangs and is waited on hand and foot by inmates, who "regularly cooking sandwich wraps for him back at their cells." Traci Billingsley, a spokeswoman for the Bureau of Prisons, released the following statement in response to the story: "While the NY Post story is full of inaccuracies, and we can't specifically address all of them, we can tell you that Bernie Madoff is not terminally ill, and has not been diagnosed with cancer." Is it safe, then, to assume that prisoners don't stock wheat wraps in their cells, and that the prison complex does not have a sweat lodge? Probably. Despite the ill-sourcing and strange claims of the Post story, media and bloggers of every stripe jumped on the report and virally spread it across the Internet. A Google News search results in over 200 repeats of the report -- some corrected with the Bureau of Prisons statement, and others not. On Twitter, it seems every minute a search for Madoff results in 30 more posts about the story. - Sara Behunek
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Jeremy, You raise a good point. I thought it was odd that the Bureau of Prisons commented on Madoff's health, too (though there is little about his life that is kept private nowadays -- see Sheryl Weinstein). However, as I understand it, the Bureau does not have to abide by HIPAA.
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Bernard Madoff is sure to bite the big one behind bars, but it will not be of cancer, as the New York Post 
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Why is the Bureau of Prisons releasing information about the medical condition of its inmates not necessary for their safety? Isn't there Hippa protection?