Last day of freedom for former Fall River mayor before 6 year prison sentence

Correia's original reporting date was in December.

FALL RIVER, Mass. (WLNE) — Former Fall River Mayor Jaisel Correia will be required to self-surrender to a prison in New Hampshire on Friday.

Correia is set to spend his six year sentence at FCI Berlin, a medium security prison, which are for all types of federal inmates- ranging from drug offenders to sexual offenses to white-collar crimes, like Correia’s.

According to the prison handbook, it’s an all male population with just under 800 inmates.

This comes after his original reporting date, in December, was delayed seven times.

Fall River Mayor Paul Coogan said it’s time for the city to turn the page on this chapter.

“This is no way any politician should ask or anybody that the public asks to trust them. People have to carry themselves with a certain sense of honesty and grace and integrity, and that was not happening here,” Coogan said.

Correia has been ordered to self-surrender by noon on Friday.