ganim surrendered in september 2003 and served most of his sentence at fci fort dix in new jersey. he unsuccessfully petitioned for a transfer to fci otisville on new york, in order to be with his family. in 2009, ganim was transferred to the fci mckean prison camp in pennsylvania. ganim then served the last seven months of his sentence at a halfway house in hartford. ganim's sentence was reduced by a year for participating in a drug-treatment program.