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In a hearing in New York on Tuesday, lawyers for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried expressed concerns over their client's living conditions at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center, where he's being housed for alleged witness tampering. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan, who is presiding over the criminal trial, had told a jail to provide these prescribed medications to Bankman-Fried. Judge Netburn said the defense would have to make trial prep requests through Judge Kaplan. Judge Netburn said she would address concerns over Bankman-Fried's living conditions directly with the U.S. Justice Department's Bureau of Prisons, which runs the jail. WATCH: Sam Bankman-Fried sent to jail over witness tampering

Persons: FTX, Sam Bankman, Mark Cohen, Christian, Judge, Sarah Netburn, Fried, Cohen, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, George Lerner, Lerner, Christian Everdell, Netburn, Judge Netburn, Judge Kaplan, Bankman, Caroline Ellison, Ellison Organizations: U.S, Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention, District, MDC, U.S . Justice Department's, of Prisons, The New York Times, Alameda Research Locations: Manhattan, New York City, New York, Brooklyn's, U.S, Bankman

The International Labour Organization (ILO), of which Cambodia is a member, permits prison labour provided it is not forced. The companies, which Sopheak confirmed were W Dexing Garment (Cambodia), IGTM (Cambodia) and Chia Ho (Cambodia) Garment Industrial, did not respond to requests for comment. It said it learned in February that Cambodia was investigating and that the prison workshops had been suspended. Centric told Reuters in an email in June that it had "placed on hold" imports from a factory in Cambodia and would "immediately terminate" any supplier found to be using prison labour. CAMBODIA INVESTIGATESPrison labour at CC2 potentially puts Cambodia at odds with the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences, which grants duty-free benefits to eligible developing nations.

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☆ How Mexican narcos use remittances to wire U.S. drug profits home
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Reuters Graphic | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +28 min

Now the news agency is the first to detail how Mexican drug gangs have harnessed legitimate remittance networks to repatriate their U.S. drug profits, and the factors that make this activity so difficult for authorities to detect and thwart. But authorities say Mexican drug cartels are piggybacking on this legal network to repatriate earnings from U.S. narcotics sales. A Reuters search of Mexican court records dating back to 2012 turned up no cases involving money laundering through remittances. Still, prosecutors in those cases mentioned several of those firms in court documents because they said the defendants had used their platforms to wire drug money. His office did not respond to requests for comment about law enforcement allegations that Mexican cartels are using remittances to launder drug money.

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☆ Sam Bankman-Fried is in jail and will only get to enjoy his favorite peanut butter and jelly sandwiches 4 times a month, at $3.65 each
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The facility limits him to two peanut butter jelly sandwiches every two weeks. Embattled ex-FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is going to miss having his peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in prison. For starters, he will be only limited to two peanut butter jelly sandwiches every two weeks while in prison. According to the commissary list, Bankman-Fried can only purchase two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches at $3.65 each per visit. That could be tough for Bankman-Fried, a vegan who said he subsisted on peanut butter when he was incarcerated in the Bahamas last year.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Fried, Lewis Kaplan, Cameron Lindsay, it's Organizations: Metropolitan Detention, Morning, US, New York Times, of Prisons, Bankman Locations: Brooklyn, Bahamas, Alameda

REUTERS/David Dee Delgado/File PhotoNEW YORK, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Sam Bankman-Fried will prepare for his fraud trial from a Brooklyn jail where inmates ranging from convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell to Honduras' former president have complained of subpar conditions. In recent years, MDC has been plagued by persistent staffing shortages, power outages and maggots in inmates' food. Earlier this year, a guard pleaded guilty to accepting bribes to smuggle in drugs. It is now the jail housing detainees awaiting federal trials in New York City, after the Manhattan Correctional Center closed in 2021 for improvements. Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York; Editing by Noeleen Walder and Daniel WallisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Sam Bankman, David Dee Delgado, Fried, Ghislaine Maxwell, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein, Hannibal Lecter's, Epstein, Kaplan, Juan Orlando Hernandez, Guo Wengui, Hernandez, Luc Cohen, Noeleen Walder, Daniel Wallis Organizations: FTX, REUTERS, District, Detention, MDC, The U.S . Bureau of Prisons, Manhattan Correctional Center, MCC, Fox, U.S . State Department, Thomson Locations: Manhattan, New York City, U.S, Brooklyn, Honduras, Palo Alto , California, Brooklyn's, United States, Florida, The, Putnam County, Bahamas, Chinese, New York

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyer demands he gets Adderall for ADHD while in jail
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves from Manhattan Federal Court after court appearance in New York, on June 15, 2023. Sam Bankman-Fried's legal team is asking a U.S. district court judge to grant the former FTX CEO "uninterrupted access" to his daily prescribed medication while he is in jail. "And for the past three years, Mr. Bankman-Fried has been prescribed Adderall 10mg tablets, 3-4x/day for the treatment of ADHD." On Friday, Judge Kaplan sided with a request by federal prosecutors to revoke Bankman-Fried's bail over alleged witness tampering. For nearly a year, there's been a nationwide shortage of Adderall, the popular stimulant used to treat ADHD.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Fried, Mark Cohen, Judge Lewis Kaplan, Judge Kaplan, George Lerner, Lerner, Cohen, Bankman, Lerner's, there's, Caroline Ellison, Ellison, — CNBC's Dan Mangan Organizations: Manhattan Federal, U.S, Bankman, Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center, Prisons, Court, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, New York Times, Alameda Research, MDC Locations: Manhattan, New York, Brooklyn's, Bankman, Bahamas, U.S, Putnam , New York

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried is in an 'inhumane' Brooklyn jail often criticized for its condition, and where Ghislaine Maxwell previously complained of rodents
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sam Bankman-Fried was remanded to the Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn, on Friday. Ghislaine Maxwell complained of cockroaches and rodents when she was being held there. Sam Bankman-Fried is currently in a Brooklyn jail notorious for its poor conditions. Bankman-Fried is now being held in the Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn, records from the Federal Bureau of Prisons show. MDC Brooklyn most recently made headlines as the facility where Ghislaine Maxwell and R. Kelly were held.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Fried, Ghislaine Maxwell, Lewis Kaplan, Caroline Ellison's, Kelly, banged, Judge Kaplan Organizations: Metropolitan Detention Center, Reuters, New York Times, Federal Bureau of Prisons, MDC Brooklyn, Intercept, MDC, of Prisons Locations: Brooklyn, Maxwell's

New York CNN —Sam Bankman-Fried, the alleged crypto grifter, is about to learn which of two profoundly divergent paths he’ll take on the road to trial. One path allows him to continue his house arrest in the comfort of his parents’ California home. If his bail is revoked, Bankman-Fried will be immediately remanded to a notorious federal detention center in Brooklyn. Bankman-Fried, who has pleaded not guilty to multiple conspiracy and fraud charges, is set to go to trial in October. But the company came unglued in the span of a week last November — as concerns about its financial ties to Bankman-Fried’s crypto hedge fund, Alameda Research, spurred investors and customers to yank their funds.

Persons: Sam Bankman, ’, Judge Lewis Kaplan, “, ”, Fried, Caroline Ellison, FTX Organizations: New, New York CNN, Bankman, Metropolitan Detention Center, New York Times, of Prisons, Prosecutors, Super Bowl, Alameda Research Locations: New York, ’ California, Brooklyn, Bahamas

☆ Texas just raised the price of bottled water in prisons by 50% amid one of the state's most extreme heat waves yet
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Katie Hawkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice raised the price of bottled water for incarcerated people by 50%. This further limits access to water, as the tap water is often "simply filthy," one prison reform advocate told KVUE. Amid this punishing heat — which is even still milder than last year, during which at least 306 people died of heat-related illness in Texas — the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has raised the price of bottled water available in prisons by 50%, local outlet KVUE reports. Prison reform advocate Amite Dominick told KVUE that adds financial pressure on families where the breadwinner is incarcerated. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment about water quality in state prisons.

Persons: KVUE, Amite Dominick, Chivas Watson Organizations: Texas Department, Criminal, Service, Texas Tribune, The Texas Department Locations: , Texas, Texas, El Paso , Texas, McAllen , Texas

☆ Elizabeth Holmes could be released from prison two years earlier than expected
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Catherine Thorbecke | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Disgraced former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes could be out of prison nearly two years earlier than expected, according to the projected release date posted by the Bureau of Prisons. The Bureau of Prisons online database now reports, however, that Holmes’ expected release date is December 29, 2032 – which would take roughly two years off of her full sentence. The discrepancy appears to be due to how the Bureau of Prisons calculates its estimated release date. These factors that go into calculating an estimated release date are not unique to Holmes’ case, but standard for inmates. Holmes is currently serving out her sentence at Federal Prison Camp Bryan, a minimum security federal prison camp that is approximately 100 miles from Houston.

Persons: CNN —, Elizabeth Holmes, Holmes, Theranos Organizations: CNN, Bureau of Prisons, Prisons, Federal Prison, Street Locations: Texas, Houston, Silicon Valley

☆ Larry Nassar, the ex-USA Gymnastics doctor who sexually abused girls for decades, was stabbed 10 times in prison
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Shawn Nottingham Hannah Rabinowitz Holly Yan | Shawn Nottingham | Hannah Rabinowitz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, who was convicted of sexually abusing young athletes under the guise of medical treatment, was assaulted inside a federal prison in Florida, according to two sources familiar with the incident. Joe Rojas, president of the local correction officers’ union, told CNN Nassar was stabbed a total of 10 times – twice in the neck, twice in the back, and six times in the chest. Rojas says Nassar is in stable condition. In 2021, victims of Nassar reached a $380 million settlement with USA Gymnastics, the US Olympic Committee and their insurers. The settlement was part of the USA Gymnastics plan to exit bankruptcy as the organization has struggled to recover from the Nassar scandal.

Persons: Larry Nassar, Joe Rojas, CNN Nassar, –, Rojas, Nassar, “, Coleman Organizations: CNN, USA, of Prisons, United States, Staff, Medical Services, Michigan State University, US Olympic, US Olympic Committee, Associated Press Locations: Florida, Sumterville , Florida, Michigan, Ingham County

☆ Nassar Is Said to Have Been Stabbed Multiple Times in Florida Prison
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Glenn Thrush | More About Glenn Thrush | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In a scathing 2021 report, the inspector general for the Justice Department found that the F.B.I. initially botched the investigation, allowing Mr. Nassar to assault more young women. Mr. Nassar was convicted on federal charges in 2017. A federal judge ordered that sentence to run concurrently and remanded him to federal custody. Last year, 13 female athletes who were sexually assaulted by Mr. Nassar each sought $10 million from the F.B.I., claiming agents mishandled the investigation, allowing him to continue abusing more victims.

Persons: Nassar, Theodore J . Kaczynski, James Bulger, Whitey, Jeffrey Epstein Organizations: Justice Department, Federal, of Prisons Locations: Michigan, North Carolina, Boston, West Virginia, Manhattan

☆ Nearly a sixth of Ecuador's prisoners held without sentence - census
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

QUITO, July 10 (Reuters) - Nearly a sixth of the inmates in Ecuador's prisons have not been sentenced, a national census showed on Monday, as President Guillermo Lasso urged the judicial system to be speedier to help ease the burden on overcrowded jails. That figure is above the 30,134 prisoner capacity that prisons agency SNAI said the 36-prison system had in December 2022. Ecuador's prison system has faced structural problems for decades, amid overcrowding and precarious living conditions for inmates, but riots have become increasingly common, killing more than 400 prisoners since late 2020. The government has attributed prison violence to fighting between criminal groups for control of prisons and drug trafficking routes. Prisoners have complained about the quality of the basic services and supply of food, the census also showed.

Persons: Guillermo Lasso, Lasso, SNAI, Alexandra Valencia, Carolina Pulice, Jamie Freed Organizations: Inter, American, Human Rights, Thomson Locations: QUITO

☆ Nassar, disgraced doctor who abused US gymnasts, is stabbed in prison
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

July 10 (Reuters) - Larry Nassar, the disgraced doctor of USA Gymnastics who was convicted of sexually abusing young female gymnasts, has been stabbed multiple times by another inmate in prison and was in stable condition on Monday, U.S. media reported. Since the Nassar scandal, USA Gymnastics has overhauled its leadership and filed for bankruptcy, saying at the time it was staggering under the weight of lawsuits filed by hundreds of women who were sexually abused by the former team doctor. USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee reached a $380 million settlement. In September 2021, Biles and Maroney were among the high profile Olympic gymnasts who gave heart-wrenching testimony before a U.S. Senate panel about the sexual abuse they endured for years under Nassar's care. At that hearing, the gymnasts blasted the FBI for its mishandling of the investigation, with Biles accusing the bureau of turning a blind eye to all of Nassar's victims.

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☆ Elizabeth Holmes' prison term was just shortened by 2 years
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Michelle Mark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Bureau of Prisons now lists Elizabeth Holmes' release date as December 29, 2032. Holmes was convicted of fraud and conspiracy last year and sentenced to 11.25 years in prison. Holmes was originally sentenced to 11.25 years in prison, and reported to a minimum-security women's prison in Bryan, Texas, on May 30, 2023. According to her listed release date, Holmes will spend nine years, six months, and 29 days in prison. The Bureau of Prisons did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment on how Holmes' release date was calculated.

Persons: Elizabeth Holmes, Holmes, Ramesh, Sunny, Balwani Organizations: of Prisons, Prisons Locations: Bryan , Texas, Theranos

☆ Insight: Young Russian lawyers step up to defend anti-war protesters
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Lucy Papachristou | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

"I have always had a keen sense of justice," Gominova told a Reuters reporter based in Poland. "Defending protesters in court is my version of protest," said Gominova, who began representing anti-war activists in court almost immediately after the invasion. With numerous civil society groups disbanded by the state, many other lawyers also defend anti-war activists independently, but it is hard to determine how many. Several Russian lawyers have attracted the attention – and condemnation – of authorities, not only for defending critics of the invasion but also for expressing their own opposition. Before the Ukraine conflict, Gominova, in St Petersburg, worked mainly on civil cases ranging from family disputes to consumer rights.

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☆ Prison staff misconduct made it easier for sex predator Jeffrey Epstein to kill himself, DOJ watchdog says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photograph taken for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services' sex offender registry March 28, 2017 and obtained by Reuters July 10, 2019. "Significant misconduct" by federal Bureau of Prisons staff made it much easier for sex predator Jeffrey Epstein to kill himself in a New York jail in August 2019, a Department of Justice watchdog said in a new report Tuesday. The jail's Psychology Department had issued a directive that he be given a new cellmate. Epstein's death came a month after he was arrested on federal child sex trafficking charges. The city's Medical Examiner's office ruled shortly after his death that Epstein's injuries were consistent with him hanging himself, rather than from being strangled by another person.

Persons: Jeffrey Epstein, Epstein, Epstein's Organizations: New York State Division, Criminal, Services, Reuters, federal, of Prisons, of Justice, DOJ's, Metropolitan Correctional Center, Department Locations: New York, Manhattan

☆ Report on Epstein’s Death Finds Errors and Mismanagement at Manhattan Jail
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Glenn Thrush | Benjamin Weiser | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

What they did find was a remarkable, and largely unexplained, succession of circumstances that made it easy for Mr. Epstein to kill himself. For reasons that remain unclear, the jail’s staff members allowed Mr. Epstein to hoard extra blankets, linens, bedding and clothing, despite the fact that he had tried to hang himself earlier. The inspector general’s report comes nearly four years after Mr. Epstein, 66, was found dead in his cell with a bedsheet tied around his neck. Mr. Epstein had been awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking and conspiracy charges, and if convicted, would have faced up to 45 years in prison. Two days after Mr. Epstein’s death, Attorney General William P. Barr said that there had been “serious irregularities” at the jail.

Persons: Epstein, —, Epstein’s, William P, Barr, ” Organizations: of Prisons, Wall Street titans

☆ Jeffrey Epstein's brother remains convinced the financier was murdered, calling new DOJ report 'blatant bullshit'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The DOJ inspector general released a long-awaited report concluding Jeffrey Epstein killed himself. Mark Epstein, his brother, isn't convinced. On Tuesday morning, the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General published its long-awaiting report into Jeffrey Epstein's death. Epstein's body was examined by Kristen Roman, a medical examiner for the city of New York. Investigators also spoke to three other inmates in the cell block who could see directly into Epstein's cell from their own cells.

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☆ DOJ issues scathing rebuke of Bureau of Prisons detailing multiple failures that led to Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Holmes Lybrand | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The report indicated the Bureau of Prisons’ failings were troubling not only because they did not safeguard Epstein but also because they “led to numerous questions about the circumstances surrounding Epstein’s death” and denied Epstein’s victims justice. Two guards on duty the night of Epstein’s death later admitted to falsifying records at the time. According to the initial indictment against the two guards, on the night of Epstein’s suicide, both individuals repeatedly failed to complete the required prisoners check during their watch. On the day before he was found dead in his prison cell, Epstein was also allowed by prison staff to make an unmonitored phone call, despite prison policy requiring all phone calls to be monitored. In August 2021, two years after Epstein’s death, the BOP announced it would close Metropolitan Correctional Center, citing the need to improve conditions in the facility.

Persons: Jeffrey Epstein, ”, Epstein, ” Epstein, OIG Organizations: CNN, Department’s Office, Prisons, Federal Bureau of Investigation’s, Metropolitan Correctional Center, Justice Department, Southern, of, MCC, FBI, Force, BOP, Correctional Center, Office Locations: New York, of New York

☆ The Unabomber died by suicide, AP reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Ted Kaczynski carried out a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others. Kaczynski was suffering from late-stage cancer and was found unresponsive in his cell on Saturday. He died by suicide, four people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. They were not authorized to discuss Kaczynski's death publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity. Bernie Madoff, the infamous mastermind of the largest-ever Ponzi scheme, died at the facility of natural causes the same year.

Persons: Ted Kaczynski, Kaczynski, —, Jeffrey Epstein, Bernie Madoff, David, Linda Patrik, He's, Daryl Johnson Organizations: Associated Press, Service, Federal Medical Center, AP, Prisons, Harvard, Yale University, The New York Times, Washington Post, FBI, American Airlines, New Lines Institute Locations: Butner , North Carolina, Florence , Colorado, North Carolina, Montana, California, Lincoln , Montana, Chicago

☆ Ted Kaczynski, ‘Unabomber’ Who Attacked Modern Life, Dies at 81
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Alex Traub | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons said Mr. Kaczynski was found unresponsive in his cell early in the morning. The cause of death was not immediately known. The bureau had announced his transfer to the medical facility in 2021. Mr. Kaczynski traced a singular path in American life: lonely boy genius to Harvard-trained star of pure mathematics, to rural recluse, to notorious murderer, to imprisoned extremist. In the public eye, he fused two styles of violence: the periodic targeting of the demented serial killer, and the ideological fanaticism of the terrorist.

Persons: Theodore J . Kaczynski, —, Kaczynski Organizations: Federal Bureau of Prisons, Mr, Harvard Locations: Butner, N.C

☆ Convicted 'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski dead at 81
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Alistair Bell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

[1/2] Theodore Kaczynski is led out of federal court where he was charged with a single federal weapons violation April 4,1997. June 10 (Reuters) - Ted Kaczynski, former math professor and "twisted genius" who came to be known as the Unabomber when he carried out a 17-year spree of mysterious bombings that killed three people and baffled the FBI, died on Saturday at the age of 81. Kaczynski's younger brother, David, tipped off police that the author's ideas sounded like those of Ted. In 1980, Kaczynski sent a package bomb that exploded and injured United Airlines President Percy Wood at his Illinois home. Kaczynski detailed how modernization has destabilized society, subjected humans to indignities and "inflicted severe damage on the natural world."

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☆ Ted Kaczynski, better known as the Unabomber, was found dead in his prison cell
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Michael Belsamo | Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The infamous Unabomber Ted Kaczynski has died at age 81. "I'm confident that I'm sane," Kaczynski told Time magazine in 1999. David Kaczynski wanted his role kept confidential, but his identity quickly leaked out and Ted Kaczynski vowed never to forgive his younger sibling. Ted Kaczynski was born May 22, 1942, in Chicago, the son of second-generation Polish Catholics — a sausage-maker and a homemaker. His brother fired him and Ted Kaczynski soon returned to the wilderness to continue plotting his vengeful killing spree.

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CNN —Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, the Harvard-trained math professor who unleashed a deadly bombing campaign from a shack in rural Montana and became known as the “Unabomber,” has died, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. In 2021, Kaczynski was moved to the federal medical center in North Carolina, according to the bureau. Elaine Thompson/APPortrayed by prosecutors as a vengeful loner, Kaczynski published 30,000-word treatise that became known as the Unabomber Manifesto. “Justice has been done, and Theodore Kaczynski will never threaten anyone again,” Attorney General Janet Reno said in a statement at the time. Its similarity to letters he sent to his family alerted his brother, who made the decision to turn Kaczynski in.

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