USA | Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, sentenced to multiple life terms, is transferred from supermax prison in Colorado to federal prison medical facility in North Carolina

The Bureau of Prisons did not comment on Kaczynski's health conditions

Unabomber Ted Kaczynski has been transferred from the Colorado supermax prison to a federal medical facility in North Carolina - a sign the infamous domestic terrorist's health is deteriorating.

Kaczynski, 79 - a mathematics prodigy who gained notoriety for his manifesto after sending a series of bombs in the mail over 17 years that killed three people and injured 23 - has been moved to FMC Butner, which is known for treating inmates with significant health problems.

He was transferred on December 14 from supermax prison Florence-ADMAX - the 'Alcatraz of the Rockies' - where he has been serving multiple life sentences. The prison houses [inmates] such as World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef and Boston marathon bomber Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev.

His condition is unknown and the Bureau of Prisons refused to tell his brother David Kaczynski about any ailments. David found out about his brother's transfer through someone who corresponds with him.

DailyMail.com contacted FMC Butner and ADX, which declined to comment due to security concerns. The medical facility in Bahama, North Carolina was where ponzi king Bernie Madoff took his last breath.

Kaczynski hasn't responded to his brother's letters since David tipped off investigators after excerpts from a 35,000-word manifesto were published in the Washington Post and The New York Times in 1995 - helping to end the FBI's 17-year manhunt for a suspect.

Kaczynski pleaded guilty in 1998 to carrying out mail bombings as a 'campaign' against scientists, computers, and airlines.

He pleaded guilty to 13 counts of transporting explosive devices with the intent to kill or maim, as well as federal charges. He was spared the death penalty, but sentenced to multiple life terms.

Kaczynski - who has a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University and a master's from the University of Michigan - started his terror reign in 1978 after moving to a cabin in the woods that he built in Montana in 1971.

For the next 17 years, he mailed or hand-delivered 16 bombs, including to a few professors at the University of Southern California at Berkeley, where Kaczynski taught geometry and calculus as the youngest assistant professor for two years.

On April 3, 1996, Kaczynski was arrested and diagnosed with schizophrenia. When investigators 'combed' through the bomber's home, they found 'a wealth of bomb components, 40,000 handwritten journal pages that included bomb-making experiments and descriptions of Unabomber crimes; and one live bomb, ready for mailing.'

Kaczynski was convicted in 1998 and moved into ADX shortly after.

Source: Mail Online, A. Guzman, December 23, 2021

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