‘Unabomber’: Ted Kaczynski transferred to a prison medical facility in North Carolina

(CNN) – The so-called “Unabomber”, Ted Kaczynski, was transferred to a federal medical center in North Carolina, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

“Theodore John Kaczynski is in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at the Federal Medical Center (FMC) Butner,” reads a statement from BOP.

Kaczynski, 79, is serving eight life sentences after pleading guilty in 1998 to sending bombs that killed three people and injured 23 others by mail between 1978 and 1995.

Kaczynski had been detained at Supermax in Florence, Colorado, before being transferred to FMC Butner on December 14.

FMC Butner is a federal medical center for inmates, according to its website, although the BOP said, “for safety and security reasons, we do not discuss the specific conditions of an inmate’s confinement, including medical information or reasons for transfer / redesignation.” .

The “Unabomber” terrorized the US.

Ted Kaczynski, nicknamed the “Unabomber,” terrorized the United States for nearly two decades with a series of mail-order bombs.

The “Unabomber” first came to the attention of authorities in 1978 after a homemade bomb exploded at a Chicago university.

The Harvard graduate killed three people and injured 23 others before he was arrested in 1996.

Although the “Unabomber” eluded authorities for years, he was able to be caught after his brother identified his prose in his published manifesto.

Kaczynski pleaded guilty in 1998 and is serving a sentence of eight life sentences for murder.

Although the “Unabomber” was not charged with terrorism, the series of attacks it caused is considered a case of terrorism.