MONTGOMERY, Ala. AP – The road to prison for former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman and former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy was much more sudden and difficult than that of some others convicted in high-profile corruption cases.

The two, not allowed to hug loved ones, were whisked away from the federal courtroom promptly after being sentenced June 28, then put in shackles and taken to Atlanta, where they were required to share a small cell 23 hours a day for two weeks.