Luigi Mangione's Jailmate Speaks Out About His Stay in Prison

Luigi Mangione had a brief stay at State Correctional Institution at Huntington in Pennsylvania, and now an inmate is speaking out about the experience.

Vaughn Wright detailed what happened in the Prison Journalism Project, describing moments from the roughly 10-day span in which he was being held at SCI Huntingdon on charges of murdering United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. He was later extradited back to New York City, where the murder was committed.

The inmate wrote that Luigi was being held in the rear of the D Block, where death row inmates were previously held.

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“Every time he was escorted from his cell, D Block got locked down,” he wrote. “During lockdowns, all prisoner movement is prohibited.”

Unlike the standard-issue orange jumpsuit, Luigi wore a “turtle suit,” a padded “getup” generally worn by inmates who are considered at risk for self-harm.

During his time at the prison, Ashleigh Banfield conducted an interview, and she discerned that some prisoners in the E Block were watching her show as she reported live from outside SCI Huntingdon. The prisoners would yell and “blink their ceiling lights in response” to what she said.

“I haven’t heard voices here raised in such raucous unison since 2018, when the Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl. I suppose people relished the moment to have a voice,” he said.

He also wrote that Luigi‘s treatment at the facility was likely a softer version than usual by the guards, “because they wanted something from him” and “everyone wanted a piece of the biggest crime story in the nation.”

“Now, nearly 2,000 of us are part of that story. No matter what, Mangione is and will forever be an SCI Huntingdon alumnus,” he wrote.

“His brothers here will intently follow his case as it moves forward through the criminal justice system, all the while telling anyone who’ll listen, if it had been them, what they would have done to keep from getting arrested in the first place.”

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