A Whitey Bulger mystery endures: Why was the ailing gangster moved to a violent prison? No description found
The USP Coleman II penitentiary in central Florida has long been known as a safe place for government informants and other marked men in the federal prison system.
But when James āWhiteyā Bulger arrived in 2014, Charles Lockett, the warden at the time, wasnāt going to take any chances. He said he kept Bulger away from the general population for six months and talked to the most influential inmates to make sure they wouldnāt make a move on the elderly Boston mobster .
āHeās an old guy, but gangsters donāt forget,ā said Lockett, who is now retired.
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