Luigi Mangione could join Sam Bankman-Fried, Sean Diddy Combs in 15-person jail unit in coming days: report
Accused UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione could join disgraced rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs and crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried in a protective jail unit as early as Monday — as the high-profile inmates remain locked up in the same New York City federal prison.Mangione, 26, will reportedly be shacking up with Combs and Bankman-Fried in a 15-man protective custody unit reserved for those who need special security at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn when he’s released from solitary confinement, according to Business Insider. The alleged assassin was booked at the notorious prison on Thursday after he was extradited from Pennsylvania to the Big Apple to face state and federal murder charges for the brazen execution of Brian Thompson, 50, outside the Hilton in Midtown on Dec.4. Mangione is currently residing in a small solitary-confinement cell within the Special Housing Unit — also known as “the SHU” and “the hole” — receiving psychiatric care until at least Monday, the outlet reported.The University of Pennsylvania graduate is eating meals inside his cinderblock cell, with inmates in his particular unit typically allowed out for one hour of recreation or bathing a day.
Guards are also expected to check on him every 15 minutes, a prison consultant told Business Insider.“Miserable, just miserable,” Sam Mangel said when describing the prison conditions. “SHUs are notoriously loud.
You have people in there for psychiatric issues, for disciplinary reasons, and for withdrawal from drugs.So it is the loudest place in the jail — people are banging on their doors at all hours of the night.”The alleged shooter is also being treated by “some nurses and doctors” who support the cold-blooded slaying and expressed interest in donating funds to his legal cause, sources told The Post.Federal authorities slapped the Ivy Leaguer with charges that make him eligible for the death penalty.
The case will run parallel with the...