Former state Treasurer Robert Vigil reported to prison Monday to begin serving his term, the Albuquerque Journal is reporting.
Vigil began serving a 37-month sentence at a federal prison near
He was convicted of one felony count of attempted extortion using his elected office, but acquitted on 23 other counts, and is appealing his conviction to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in
The facility is a low-security prison that houses about 1,300 men in dormitories in two-man rooms.