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Boston Mobster Slain Within Hours of Entering New Prison

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Whitey Bulger killed in prison beating

By Christopher Zoukis Notorious Boston gang chief James “Whitey” Bulger was found murdered in his cell at the federal high-security prison in Hazelton, West Virginia on October 30, the morning after being arrived there from a Bureau of Prisons transfer center in Oklahoma City. Bulger was the chief organized crime…

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No Resources for Programs to Help Prisoners Make Parole in West Virginia

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by Christopher Zoukis West Virginia’s prison and jail population has continued to grow despite the passage of a sweeping prison reform bill, so much that the state has been taking bids from private prison operators to house hundreds of prisoners in out-of-state facilities. Sadly, as the overcrowding program grows, the…

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