It appears Denny Hecker has been on his best behavior.
Officials confirmed Friday that U.S. Marshals have transported the fallen auto mogul to his ninth federal prison in 14 months, this time to a minimum-security prison camp in Littleton, Colo.
The newest prison, called Englewood, will give Hecker a bit more freedom than he had in Loretto, Pa., which is the low security prison where Hecker had been housed since June.
The move to a lower-security facility means that the notoriously brash Hecker has finally been behaving himself.
"You would not see an inmate who is misbehaving or not adjusting well transferred to a lower security facility," said Bureau of Prisons spokesman Chris Burke during a phone interview Friday. Prison camps differ from low security facilities because they tend to have fewer staff, fewer prisoner checks, dormitory style housing and no razor fences, Burke said.
Hecker, who is serving a 10-year prison sentence for defrauding auto lenders and bankruptcy court, was originally sentenced in 2010 and moved from a county jail to a minimum security prison in Duluth.
But he was abruptly moved from Duluth to the higher security Loretto in February 2012. Brian Toder, Hecker's former attorney said at the time that he believed it was because Hecker had violated cellphone rules and might have been deemed a flight risk.
Between Duluth and Loretto, Hecker was temporarily housed in prisons in Wisconsin, Indiana, Oklahoma and Canaan, Pa. before landing in Loretto in June 2012.
