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edmo [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-07 6:31:44 PM  
At the time of Bulger's arrival, the manager of one of Hazelton's housing units specifically requested that Bulger be assigned to his unit

If was writing a screenplay that's the guy I'd fictionalize with ties to the mob outside. Alleged ties. Alleged mobs, which probably aren't a thing. Allegedly.
 
DaAlien
2022-12-07 9:16:45 PM  
Just gotta say that "Whitey Bulger" sounds like a name for a character in a specialized sub-genre of pr0n.
 
thealgorerhythm
2022-12-07 9:18:03 PM  
I think it was his brother, since Whitey's mob business cost him his job as president of UMass
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bulger
 
SBinRR [OhFark]
2022-12-07 9:19:27 PM  
The report did not find any criminal acts by BOP employees. Instead, the report said that there were "serious job performance and management failures at multiple levels" within the bureau and found "confusing and insufficient BOP policies."

Also known as:
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
 
Trocadero
2022-12-07 9:20:51 PM  
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Jake Havechek [TotalFark]
2022-12-07 9:21:13 PM  
As if Whitey was going to die any other way.
 
kb7rky
2022-12-07 9:24:36 PM  
And nothing of value was lost.
 
New Rising Sun
2022-12-07 9:24:51 PM  
The Justice Department has charged three inmates in connection to Bulger's killing. They are charged with several crimes, including first degree murder by a federal prisoner serving a life sentence and false statements to a federal agent. They have pleaded not guilty.

Interesting. Didn't know that was its own charge separate from ordinary first degree murder.  I assume it mostly impacts the sentencing options, since someone serving life in jail doesn't really have a lot you can hold over them in the way of punishment.

Probably an interesting area of study at the intersection of law and sociology/psych.  That's a population of people that don't have tons left to lose, so how do you keep them compliant without veering into 'cruel and unusual' territory when you also have limited options for housing them (i.e. you can't just threaten everyone with Florence ADX).
 
X-Geek
2022-12-07 9:26:24 PM  
At one point during his isolation, Bulger told officials that he "had lost the will to live"

You know who probably hadn't lost the will to live?
The 19+ people he murdered.

Yeah, they may have also been scum, but I'm not going to lose any sleep over this one.
 
buravirgil
2022-12-07 9:26:50 PM  

thealgorerhythm: I think it was his brother, since Whitey's mob business cost him his job as president of UMass
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bulger


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Mangoose [TotalFark]
2022-12-07 9:27:08 PM  
""serious job performance and management failures at multiple levels"

The serious job performance failures were the COs being paid off to not do anything. The serious management failures were the managers being paid off not to notice the COs being paid off.

Seriously, Costco workers make more than COs.
 
Jake Havechek [TotalFark]
2022-12-07 9:29:53 PM  
The only reason Whitey was on the run for so long is because everyone protecting him in the Boston FBI eventually died or retired.  The fact that he was beaten to death in prison is not surprising at all.
 
Nirbo
2022-12-07 9:31:24 PM  
Y'think?
 
AAAAGGGGHHHH
2022-12-07 9:32:19 PM  
Whitey was despised even by the rest of the mob. He threw so many of his own people under the bus to save his ass over the years. When he finally was incarcerated, it was only a matter of time before he had his own soap party thrown for him, except replace the soap bars with padlocks.
 
Jake Havechek [TotalFark]
2022-12-07 9:33:07 PM  

AAAAGGGGHHHH: Whitey was despised even by the rest of the mob. He threw so many of his own people under the bus to save his ass over the years. When he finally was incarcerated, it was only a matter of time before he had his own soap party thrown for him, except replace the soap bars with padlocks.


He was also an informant for a while.
 
Scorpitron is reduced to a thin red paste
2022-12-07 9:33:49 PM  
Couldn't give less of a fark. How about pursuing certain active crimes?
 
LordOfThePings [OhFark]
2022-12-07 9:39:12 PM  
Beaten to death by BOPs

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walrusonion
2022-12-07 9:39:23 PM  
"oops"
 
soupafi
2022-12-07 9:39:35 PM  
Reminds me of the story where a child molester was murdered his first day in. Apparently, they failed to check to see who his cellmate was. It was the victims uncle.
 
Pointy Tail of Satan
2022-12-07 9:42:42 PM  
"Whitey" Bulger? "Winter" Hill gang?

Wanted for questioning.....

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Incident on 57th Street [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-07 9:46:23 PM  
FTFA:  "...Bulger told officials that he was a member of the Winter Hill Gang, according to the OIG report, but BOP guidelines did not officially recognize the Winter Hill Gang, one of the most notorious mobs in the Boston area..."

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little big man [TotalFark]
2022-12-07 9:55:13 PM  
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geekbikerskum
2022-12-07 9:58:09 PM  

edmo: At the time of Bulger's arrival, the manager of one of Hazelton's housing units specifically requested that Bulger be assigned to his unit

If was writing a screenplay that's the guy I'd fictionalize with ties to the mob outside. Alleged ties. Alleged mobs, which probably aren't a thing. Allegedly.


Plot twist: the guy wasn't hooked up, he was just an aspiring true-crime writer looking to get famous off ghost writing the story, and wanted inside access.  But now he's under suspicion.
 
moothemagiccow
2022-12-07 10:01:00 PM  
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telejester
2022-12-07 10:11:55 PM  
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Hey Nurse! [OhFark]
2022-12-07 10:16:16 PM  
Of all the wrongs and injustices happening in the world today, this one is exceptionally low on my give-a-shiat meter.
 
khatores
2022-12-07 10:18:41 PM  
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Magnanimous_J
2022-12-07 10:26:08 PM  

soupafi: Reminds me of the story where a child molester was murdered his first day in. Apparently, they failed to check to see who his cellmate was. It was the victims uncle.


farking paperwork.

Uncle must have gotten wind that that was a temporary placement. I would be reluctant to finish the job so quickly.
 
StoPPeRmobile
2022-12-07 10:27:08 PM  

edmo: At the time of Bulger's arrival, the manager of one of Hazelton's housing units specifically requested that Bulger be assigned to his unit

If was writing a screenplay that's the guy I'd fictionalize with ties to the mob outside. Alleged ties. Alleged mobs, which probably aren't a thing. Allegedly.


Probably voted for the orange drump so who gives a care!
 
studebaker hoch
2022-12-07 11:54:38 PM  
It sounds like he worked pretty hard to talk his way in there.

Is suicide by general prison population a thing?
 
DaAlien
2022-12-08 12:11:26 AM  

studebaker hoch: It sounds like he worked pretty hard to talk his way in there.

Is suicide by general prison population a thing?


All the LSD the CIA fed him decades ago probably didn't help.
 
BafflerMeal
2022-12-08 1:37:15 AM  

New Rising Sun: The Justice Department has charged three inmates in connection to Bulger's killing. They are charged with several crimes, including first degree murder by a federal prisoner serving a life sentence and false statements to a federal agent. They have pleaded not guilty.

Interesting. Didn't know that was its own charge separate from ordinary first degree murder.  I assume it mostly impacts the sentencing options, since someone serving life in jail doesn't really have a lot you can hold over them in the way of punishment.

Probably an interesting area of study at the intersection of law and sociology/psych.  That's a population of people that don't have tons left to lose, so how do you keep them compliant without veering into 'cruel and unusual' territory when you also have limited options for housing them (i.e. you can't just threaten everyone with Florence ADX).


Similar in concept to some dot-com manager programs. Aka "how to motivate millionaires"
 
RowdyPants
2022-12-08 4:57:50 AM  
There's mistakes and there's "mistakes".
 
1funguy
2022-12-08 7:16:22 AM  

Jake Havechek: The only reason Whitey was on the run for so long is because everyone protecting him in the Boston FBI eventually died or retired.  The fact that he was beaten to death in prison is not surprising at all.


And I'll bet there are STILL a lot of dirty cops that breathed a sigh of relief when he suddenly became incapable of giving evidence.
 
squidloe
2022-12-08 8:24:51 AM  
Oh well. fark whitey and his brother.
 
AAAAGGGGHHHH
2022-12-08 8:32:32 AM  

Jake Havechek: AAAAGGGGHHHH: Whitey was despised even by the rest of the mob. He threw so many of his own people under the bus to save his ass over the years. When he finally was incarcerated, it was only a matter of time before he had his own soap party thrown for him, except replace the soap bars with padlocks.

He was also an informant for a while.


That's what I said.
 
NephilimNexus
2022-12-08 8:40:41 AM  
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