Lawyers of Actor Felicity Huffman who has been sentenced to<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/felicity-huffman-sentenced-to-14-days-in-prison-for-college-admissions-scam-249559">&nbsp;14 days in prison</a> for her involvement in college admissions scam are now working on to ensure that she gets to serve her sentence at a prison facility closer to her house.

One of the lawyers who represents Huffman, Martin Murphy, has requested Judge Indira Talwani to recommend the actor to serve time at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, which is 30 miles from Oakland. "It's the closest to Ms. Huffman's residence [in Los Angeles]," he said in court on Friday (local time), reported news agency. 
 
Dublin based institution is especially for women and houses 1,235 inmates. According to the inmate handbook, if the Emmy-winner will be serving her time there she will have to stay in a khaki uniform and follow the rule of making her bed by 6:30 am and end her day by 10 pm. 
 
Huffman's husband William H. Macy and two daughters would only be allowed to visit her on Saturdays and Sundays. According to the news agency, Huffman must surrender herself to the authorities on October 25, 2019. The actor will also have to serve one-year probation, complete 250 hours of community service and make a payment of $30,000 as a fine, reported CNN. 
 
The matter of the scam started when earlier in March, the 'When They See Us'&nbsp;actor was sent behind the bars for paying $15,000 to improve her 19-year-old daughter Sophia's SAT scores. Thereafter she apologised in a statement where she was found guilty of committing mail fraud and honest services fraud.

Lawyers of Actor Felicity Huffman who has been sentenced to 14 days in prison for her involvement in college admissions scam are now working on to ensure that she gets to serve her sentence at a prison facility closer to her house.

Lawyers of Actor Felicity Huffman who has been sentenced to 14 days in prison for her involvement in college admissions scam are now working on to ensure that she gets to serve her sentence at a prison facility closer to her house. One of the lawyers who represents Huffman, Martin Murphy, has requested Judge Indira Talwani to recommend the actor to serve time at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, which is 30 miles from Oakland. "It's the closest to Ms. Huffman's residence [in Los Angeles]," he said in court on Friday (local time), reported news agency. Dublin based institution is especially for women and houses 1,235 inmates. According to the inmate handbook, if the Emmy-winner will be serving her time there she will have to stay in a khaki uniform and follow the rule of making her bed by 6:30 am and end her day by 10 pm. Huffman's husband William H. Macy and two daughters would only be allowed to visit her on Saturdays and Sundays. According to the news agency, Huffman must surrender herself to the authorities on October 25, 2019. The actor will also have to serve one-year probation, complete 250 hours of community service and make a payment of $30,000 as a fine, reported CNN. The matter of the scam started when earlier in March, the 'When They See Us' actor was sent behind the bars for paying $15,000 to improve her 19-year-old daughter Sophia's SAT scores. Thereafter she apologised in a statement where she was found guilty of committing mail fraud and honest services fraud.

Felicity Huffman may serve sentence in prison close to her residence

Actor Felicity Huffman has been sentenced to 14 days in prison for her involvement in college admissions scam. According to the news agency, the authorities are calling this scam the largest one ever prosecuted. And now the actor will have to serve one-year probation, complete 250 hours of community service and make a payment of $30,000 as a fine. 
 
<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/actress-felicity-huffman-heads-to-court-for-us-college-scandal-sentencing-249465">Huffman arrived at the Boston's federal court</a> with her husband actor William H Macy and few others for her hearing on Friday where she said, "I was frightened, I was stupid and I was so wrong." "I am deeply ashamed of what I have done. I take full responsibility for my actions. ... I am prepared to accept whatever sentence you deem fit," a visibly emotional Huffman told the judge before the verdict reported a magazine. 
 
The matter started when earlier in March, the 'When They See Us'&nbsp;actor was sent behind the bars for paying $15,000 to improve her 19-year-old daughter Sophia's SAT scores. 
 
Thereafter the Emmy winner apologised in a statement where she was found guilty of committing mail fraud and honest services fraud. "I am in full acceptance of my guilt, and with deep regret and shame over what I have done, I accept full responsibility for my actions and will accept the consequences that stem from those actions," Huffman's statement read. 
 
"I am ashamed of the pain I have caused my daughter, my family, my friends, my colleagues and the educational community. I want to apologise to them and, especially, I want to apologise to the students who work hard every day to get into college, and to their parents who make tremendous sacrifices to support their children and do so honestly," read the statement. 
 
About a week before her sentencing, a magazine&nbsp;found documents that Huffman and 27 of her family and friends wrote to District of Massachusetts Judge Indira Talwani. "In my desperation to be a good mother I talked myself into believing that all I was doing was giving my daughter a fair shot," Huffman wrote before detailing Sophia's heartbreaking reaction to her mother's actions. 
 
"[She] looked at me and asked with tears streaming down her face, 'Why didn't you believe in me? Why didn't you think I could do it on my own?" The government had recommended one month in jail, 12 months of supervised release and a fine of $20,000 for the actor.

Actor Felicity Huffman has been sentenced to 14 days in prison for her involvement in college admissions scam. According to the news agency, the authorities are calling this scam the largest one ever prosecuted.

Actor Felicity Huffman has been sentenced to 14 days in prison for her involvement in college admissions scam. According to the news agency, the authorities are calling this scam the largest one ever prosecuted. And now the actor will have to serve one-year probation, complete 250 hours of community service and make a payment of $30,000 as a fine. Huffman arrived at the Boston's federal court with her husband actor William H Macy and few others for her hearing on Friday where she said, "I was frightened, I was stupid and I was so wrong." "I am deeply ashamed of what I have done. I take full responsibility for my actions. ... I am prepared to accept whatever sentence you deem fit," a visibly emotional Huffman told the judge before the verdict reported a magazine. The matter started when earlier in March, the 'When They See Us' actor was sent behind the bars for paying $15,000 to improve her 19-year-old daughter Sophia's SAT scores. Thereafter the Emmy winner apologised in a statement where she was found guilty of committing mail fraud and honest services fraud. "I am in full acceptance of my guilt, and with deep regret and shame over what I have done, I accept full responsibility for my actions and will accept the consequences that stem from those actions," Huffman's statement read. "I am ashamed of the pain I have caused my daughter, my family, my friends, my colleagues and the educational community. I want to apologise to them and, especially, I want to apologise to the students who work hard every day to get into college, and to their parents who make tremendous sacrifices to support their children and do so honestly," read the statement. About a week before her sentencing, a magazine found documents that Huffman and 27 of her family and friends wrote to District of Massachusetts Judge Indira Talwani. "In my desperation to be a good mother I talked myself into believing that all I was doing was giving my daughter a fair shot," Huffman wrote before detailing Sophia's heartbreaking reaction to her mother's actions. "[She] looked at me and asked with tears streaming down her face, 'Why didn't you believe in me? Why didn't you think I could do it on my own?" The government had recommended one month in jail, 12 months of supervised release and a fine of $20,000 for the actor.

Felicity Huffman sentenced to 14 days in prison for college admissions scam

Actress Felicity Huffman arrived at a federal courthouse in Boston on Monday to plead guilty to paying to rig a college entrance exam for her daughter, part of a wide-ranging scandal in which wealthy parents used bribery and fraud to secure their children spots at prominent US universities. 
 
The onetime star of the television series 'Desperate Housewives' held her brother`s hand and said nothing to reporters as she entered the court to plead guilty to a conspiracy charge for paying $15,000 to have someone secretly correct her daughter`s SAT answers. 
 
She is among 50 people accused of taking part in a scheme that involved cheating or bribery. Wealthy parents paid $25 million to bribe coaches to help their children gain spots at universities like Yale, Georgetown and the University of Southern California. 
 
William 'Rick' Singer, a California college admissions consultant, pleaded guilty in March to charges that he facilitated the cheating and helped bribe coaches to present their children as fake athletic recruits. 
 
Twenty people so far have agreed to plead guilty since officials carried out a wave of arrests under the code name 'Operation Varsity Blues' on March 12. Prosecutors have said the investigation is ongoing. 
 
Huffman is scheduled to plead guilty alongside another parent charged in the case, California businessman Devin Sloane, who prosecutors said paid Singer $250,000 to help his oldest son gain admission to USC as a purported water polo recruit. 
 
Prosecutors have charged 33 parents with participating in the scheme with Singer, including Huffman, who was nominated for an Oscar for best actress for her role in 2005`s 'Transamerica,' and Lori Loughlin, who starred in the TV series 'Full House.' 
 
Prosecutors said Huffman, 56, made a $15,000 contribution to Singer`s foundation in exchange for having an associate of Singer`s in 2017 secretly correct her daughter’s answers on an SAT college entrance exam at a test center Singer controlled. 
 
Huffman, who is married to the actor William H Macy, said in an April statement her daughter "knew absolutely nothing about my actions, and in my misguided and profoundly wrong way, I have betrayed her." 
 
Prosecutors agreed to recommend a prison term at the "low end" of the four to 10 months Huffman faces under federal sentencing guidelines. 
Loughlin has pleaded not guilty to charges that she and her husband agreed with Singer to pay $500,000 to have their two daughters named as recruits to USC`s crew team, even though they did not row.

Actress Felicity Huffman arrived at a federal courthouse in Boston on Monday to plead guilty to paying to rig a college entrance exam for her daughter, part of a wide-ranging scandal in which wealthy parents used bribery and fraud to secure their children spots at prominent US universities.

Actress Felicity Huffman arrived at a federal courthouse in Boston on Monday to plead guilty to paying to rig a college entrance exam for her daughter, part of a wide-ranging scandal in which wealthy parents used bribery and fraud to secure their children spots at prominent US universities. The onetime star of the television series 'Desperate Housewives' held her brother`s hand and said nothing to reporters as she entered the court to plead guilty to a conspiracy charge for paying $15,000 to have someone secretly correct her daughter`s SAT answers. She is among 50 people accused of taking part in a scheme that involved cheating or bribery. Wealthy parents paid $25 million to bribe coaches to help their children gain spots at universities like Yale, Georgetown and the University of Southern California. William 'Rick' Singer, a California college admissions consultant, pleaded guilty in March to charges that he facilitated the cheating and helped bribe coaches to present their children as fake athletic recruits. Twenty people so far have agreed to plead guilty since officials carried out a wave of arrests under the code name 'Operation Varsity Blues' on March 12. Prosecutors have said the investigation is ongoing. Huffman is scheduled to plead guilty alongside another parent charged in the case, California businessman Devin Sloane, who prosecutors said paid Singer $250,000 to help his oldest son gain admission to USC as a purported water polo recruit. Prosecutors have charged 33 parents with participating in the scheme with Singer, including Huffman, who was nominated for an Oscar for best actress for her role in 2005`s 'Transamerica,' and Lori Loughlin, who starred in the TV series 'Full House.' Prosecutors said Huffman, 56, made a $15,000 contribution to Singer`s foundation in exchange for having an associate of Singer`s in 2017 secretly correct her daughter’s answers on an SAT college entrance exam at a test center Singer controlled. Huffman, who is married to the actor William H Macy, said in an April statement her daughter "knew absolutely nothing about my actions, and in my misguided and profoundly wrong way, I have betrayed her." Prosecutors agreed to recommend a prison term at the "low end" of the four to 10 months Huffman faces under federal sentencing guidelines. Loughlin has pleaded not guilty to charges that she and her husband agreed with Singer to pay $500,000 to have their two daughters named as recruits to USC`s crew team, even though they did not row.

Actress Felicity Huffman arrives at court to plead guilty in US college scandal