Tag: Whitey Bulger

Prison where Whitey Bulger was killed previously faced multiple complaints of violence, overcrowding and dangerous conditions

Homicide

By MICHAEL BALSAMO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Long before notorious Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger was killed at a federal prison in West Virginia, lawmakers, advocates and even prison guards had been sounding the alarm about dangerous conditions there. But there has been no public indication that federal prison officials have taken action to address …

Murder

October 30, 2018

Boston mob moss Whitey Bulger was beaten to death in prison; assailants tried to gouge his eyes out

Notorious Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger reportedly died a violent death in prison as fellow inmates beat the wheelchair-bound mobster. He was 89 and had just been transferred to a penitentiary in West Virginia when he was killed. The Boston Globe reports that a fellow inmate at the prison with ties to the Mafia …

October 30, 2018

Boston gangster Whitey Bulger found dead in prison

By DENISE LAVOIE and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — James “Whitey” Bulger, the murderous Boston gangster who benefited from a corrupt relationship with the FBI before spending 16 years as one of America’s most wanted men, died in federal prison. He was 89. Bulger was found unresponsive Tuesday morning at the U.S. penitentiary …