Watchdog finds many failures before Whitey Bulger's killing
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The Justice Department's inspector general has found a series of missteps by federal Bureau of Prisons officials preceded the October 2018 beating death of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The prison beating death of notorious gangster James "Whitey" Bulger at the hands of fellow inmates was the result of multiple layers
The Justice Department's inspector general has found a series of missteps by federal Bureau of Prisons officials preceded the October 2018 beating death of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger.
Ahead of his transfer to a West Virginia prison, inmates there traded bets over how much time mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger had left to live, illustrating how well-known his location was around the time of his move, a Justice Department watchdog found.
A series of missteps by federal Bureau of Prisons officials preceded the October 2018 beating death of notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger, the Justice Department's inspector general said in a report on Wednesday.
By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN The Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General released a report on Wednesday outlining how a series of mistakes by the embattled Bureau of Prisons led to the beating death of imprisoned Boston gangster and convicted murderer James “Whitey” Bulger four years ago.
The Justice Department's watchdog found a string of missteps by federal Bureau of Prison officials but no malicious intent in their handling of Bulger's transfer to the prison where he was killed.
Inmates and over 100 prison personnel at USP Hazelton, the West Virginia prison where Whitey Bulger was beaten to death hours after his transfer there, knew he was coming.
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