Death News: Whitey Bulger Death Scene

Death News: Whitey Bulger Death Scene: Whitey Bulger was found dead a few hours after arriving at the harsh West Virginia jail where inmates had been informed of his presence.   Death News: Whitey Bulger Death Scene In the investigation into the murder of Whitey Bulger, the inspector general of the Department of Justice finds…

Death News: Whitey Bulger Death Scene: Whitey Bulger was found dead a few hours after arriving at the harsh West Virginia jail where inmates had been informed of his presence.

 

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Death News: Whitey Bulger Death Scene

James "Whitey" Bulger mugshot in 2011. (Bureau of Prisons/Getty Images)

In the investigation into the murder of Whitey Bulger, the inspector general of the Department of Justice finds “serious staff and management performance failures at multiple levels.”

According to a Justice Department watchdog that was tasked with reviewing the killing, inmates at the violent West Virginia prison where the infamous gangster James “Whitey” Bulger was brutally murdered in 2018 were tipped off that he would be transferred there. Bulger was killed in a brutal manner in 2018.

According to a newly released report from the Department of Justice Inspector General’s office, even though employees of the Bureau of Prison did not act with “malicious intent or an improper purpose,” there were “serious job performance and management failures” that led to Bulger’s safety being put in jeopardy at the Hazelton prison located in West Virginia.

Before his body was discovered on October 30, 2018, he had been a part of the general population at Hazelton for less than twelve hours. He had been beaten to death. On August 18, 2022, three convicts at Hazelton were charged with his murder. One of the inmates was a Mafia hitman.

The “unusual” circumstances surrounding Bulger’s transfer to Hazelton prompted the Department of Justice’s Office of Inspector General to launch an inquiry into the matter. It was questionable whether or not he should be sent to one of the most dangerous prisons in the United States, known as “Misery Mountain.” due to his age, his failing health, and the reputation he had gained as an FBI informant.

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Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger Jr. poses for a mugshot upon his arrival at the Federal Penitentiary at Alcatraz Nov. 16, 1959, in San Francisco. (Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger Jr. poses for a mugshot upon his arrival at the Federal Penitentiary at Alcatraz Nov. 16, 1959, in San Francisco. (Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

The study, which is 99 pages long, provides information on how federal prison authorities authorized Bulger’s transfer from a Florida prison known as Coleman II despite the fact that they were aware of his health issues. It also reveals worrisome evidence that BOP personnel had let slip to convicts that Bulger would shortly be at the jail, while seemingly being oblivious of the clear danger to Bulger’s life that this knowledge would entail.

The impending transfer of Bulger to Hazelton was brought to the attention of more than one hundred BOP personnel. Several of those officials had candid conversations about the move while the Hazelton convicts were there. In addition, press articles were disseminating information on the specifics of Bulger’s anticipated move. According to the investigation, one prisoner informed prison authorities that “Everyone knew” that Bulger would be murdered because he was a “rat,” Bulger was a member of the mob.

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Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger Jr. poses for a mugshot upon his arrival at the Federal Penitentiary at Alcatraz Nov. 16, 1959, in San Francisco. (Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger Jr. poses for a mugshot upon his arrival at the Federal Penitentiary at Alcatraz Nov. 16, 1959, in San Francisco. (Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

 

The investigation found that the steps that BOP personnel took to assess the threat to Bulger from other inmates were “took good care of the inmates.” However, the report indicated that prison officials decided to send Bulger to Hazelton because it was closer to his family in Boston, had appropriate medical care facilities, and “lacking.”

Investigators discovered that authorities at the Florida jail, with backing from the medical director of the Bureau of Prisons, had lowered Bulger’s health evaluation, which made it possible for him to be transferred to the Hazelton facility.

According to a video statement released by the Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, “Our investigation revealed serious BOP staff and management performance failures at multiple levels; bureaucratic incompetence; and flawed, confusing and insufficient BOP policies and procedures,”

“We found it particularly troubling that Coleman personnel placed Bulger, an 89-year-old inmate who used a wheelchair and had serious heart conditions, in a single cell in Coleman’s special housing unit, or SHU, for eight months while Coleman staff bureaucratically struggled with how to transfer him to a new facility,” “We found it particularly troubling that Coleman personnel placed Bulger in a single cell in Coleman’s special housing unit, or SHU,” and “We found it particularly troubling that

 

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According to the FBI, Bulger, who was 89 years old at the time of his murder, was the head of the mostly Irish mafia in Boston throughout the 1970s and 1980s. He also worked as an informant for the FBI, in which capacity he betrayed his gang’s primary adversary. Later on, he became one of the most wanted fugitives in the country, but he was eventually apprehended in 2011 and sentenced to prison in 2013 for a variety of violent crimes, including his participation in the deaths of 11 individuals.

In 1975, despite his long history of violent criminal activity, Bulger was recruited as an informant by the FBI. A second trial resulted in the conviction of Bulger’s handler, FBI Special Agent John Connolly, on counts of bribery and corruption. Bulger was responsible for a variety of other illegal activities.

 

The early morning scene at Southie's Castle Island shows a newspaper June 23, 2011, announcing the capture of James "Whitey" Bulger. (Mark Garfinkel/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images)
The early morning scene at Southie’s Castle Island shows a newspaper June 23, 2011, announcing the capture of James “Whitey” Bulger. (Mark Garfinkel/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images)

 

Bulger vehemently denied ever working as an informant for the government. When asked whether there were any reasons he should be kept out of the general population and if he ever aided law enforcement in any manner, Bulger reportedly responded “no” on an intake screening form that he completed following his arrival at Hazelton.

 


“The fact that these serious deficiencies occurred in connection with a high-profile inmate like Bulger was especially concerning given that the BOP would presumably take particular care in handling such an inmate’s case,” said Horowitz. “The fact that these serious deficiencies occurred in connection with a high-profile inmate like Bulger was especially concerning.” “In our view, no BOP inmate’s transfer, whether they are a notorious offender or a non-violent offender, should be handled like Bulger’s transfer was in this instance.”

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