The convicted felon allegedly seduced by sexy New York jailhouse shrink Magdalena Sanchez likely hasn’t had time to strike up another prison liaison – he’s been sent to five federal pens in the past 14 weeks, The Post has learned.
Purported prison plaything Demetrius Hill, 28, has racked up thousands of air miles – and an estimated taxpayer-funded bill of tens of thousands of dollars for jail transfers – since The Post identified him in the wake of Sanchez’s April 2 indictment on charges she had cellblock romps with Hill, then lied about the illicit trysts to authorities.
“I’d say it’s unusual,” observed a Bureau of Prisons source, when asked about Hill’s federal frequent-flier status.
Noted another, “It seems excessive – what did this guy do, again?”
Hill, a reputed Bloods gang member doing 20 years on a drug and firearms conviction, was jailed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn in September 2005.
That’s when, investigators said, he and Sanchez, 35, who worked for the federal Bureau of Prisons, began a “sexual affair” that culminated in her February 2006 resignation from the $70,000-a-year post.
By the time Sanchez, who is married to a wealthy Wall Street banker, was arrested in April 2007, Hill had been moved to the Hazelton penitentiary in West Virginia.
In May, he was transferred to the federal lockup in Oklahoma City and then on to Terre Haute, Ind., where he stayed several weeks.
By early July, Hill had been relocated to the pen in Atlanta. On July 18, he was transferred to the Big Sandy federal lockup, in Inez, Ky.
Before the Sanchez affair – which sources said occurred during off-hours visits in Hill’s solitary-confinement cell – Hill had been cited several times for disruptive and threatening behavior in jail.
But, according to a Bureau of Prisons source, bad behavior alone would not likely account for Hill’s recent whirlwind prison tour.
Citing Hill’s privacy, bureau spokeswoman Felecia Ponce declined to comment on the transfers.
Ponce said the bureau doesn’t keep transfer statistics or figures on the costs of moving inmates, and referred calls to the U.S. Marshals Service.
That agency moved 83,000 prisoners for the Bureau of Prisons last year. While it doesn’t tally the average overall cost of an inmate transfer, it does keep track of transport costs.
In 2007, the cost – per hour, per inmate – ranged from $5,800 to $10,000, depending on the size of the plane.