Sam Bankman-Fried has a new currency to trade in prison: rice

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Left: Sam Bankman-Fried in a blue suit with red striped tie. Right: Pile of white rice.
Sam Bankman-Fried gave his first in-person interview from prison to Puck. He said his rice has become a prison commodity.

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I'm a federal prison consultant. Here's how I went from being in prison to helping clients get ready to go behind bars.

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Sam Mangel.
Sam Mangel.

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Ukrainian lawmakers just took a step toward allowing the country to mobilize convicts to fight Russia

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Soldiers at the training ground calibrate their machine guns after going into combat on January 9, 2024, in Lyman district, Ukraine.
Soldiers at the training ground calibrate their machine guns after going into combat on January 9, 2024, in Lyman district, Ukraine.

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Man imprisoned in NY calls the opportunity to view eclipse 'sublime' after successful lawsuit against the state

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A rare solar eclipse will cross the United States on April 8.

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How the MS-13 gang actually works, according to a former member

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Alex Sanchez is a former high-ranking member of MS-13. He became involved in the gang in the 1980s in Los Angeles and participated in its expansion.

Russia's recruited so many inmates to fight in Ukraine that it's shuttering some of its prisons

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Russian soldiers participating in a shooting competition in St. Petersburg on August 25, 2022.
Russian soldiers participating in a shooting competition in St. Petersburg on August 25, 2022.

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Sam Bankman-Fried is dispensing crypto investment tips to Brooklyn prison guards: NYT

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Sam Bankman-Fried.
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried.

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Ruby Franke, sobbing at sentencing, blames child abuse on being 'deceived' into thinking the world was 'evil'

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Ruby Franke
Disgraced YouTube mommy vlogger Ruby Franke has been sentenced.

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A crypto influencer has posted what she says is the first photo of Sam Bankman-Fried hanging out with his fellow inmates

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Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried.
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried leaving a federal court in Manhattan in January 2023.

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Inside the deadly Russian Arctic prison where Alexey Navalny spent his last days

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The IK-3 prison colony in the village of Kharp, located above the Arctic Circle, over 1,900 kilometers (1,200 miles) northeast of Moscow.
Russian opposition politician, Alexey Navalny died in prison on Friday. The 47-year-old was held in a detention facility about 40 miles north of the Arctic Circle.

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