Martin Shkreli: “Prison Life Isn’t That Bad”

Martin Shkreli says prison life at the notorious ‘Club Fed’ jail in Brooklyn isn’t all that bad.
The former Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO and recently convicted felon, whose bail was revoked last month after prosecutors successfully argued that Shkreli’s Facebook post offering $5,000 for a strand of Hillary Clinton’s hair represented a credible threat of violence. Shkreli argued that the post was satire, but the judge said that Shkreli’s history of harassing people on the internet cast doubt on his intentions.
Shkreli has described his prison experience in a letter to a friend that was shared with the New York Post.
The 34-year-old is spending his time mentoring fellow inmates, reading, playing chess – and learning to deal with sharing a small, cramped cell with a snoring roommate, pal Lisa Whisnant told The Post.
‘Things are not THAT awful here,’ inmate 87850-053 wrote to Whisnant, underlining ‘THAT’ three times. ‘There are some bright sides. I am teaching these prisoners some new things and hopefully some ways to change their lives.’
Shkreli has been passing his time shooting hoops with his fellow inmates. Though he apparently complained that his bed is small and cramped and that his sleep quality has been ‘very low.’

This post was published at Zero Hedge on Oct 8, 2017.