Paying for protection is just seen as straight weakness in prison. You're really just being extorted, though I know lots of people in here will spin it otherwise.
Not really. If the guys who are protecting you approached you first, then you're basically being extorted. But situations like Nicky Scarfo or Joey Merlino paying some guys to watch their back while in prison is simply a matter of hiring bodyguards.
Anyway, mafiosi are not big targets in prison anymore than they run things. In other words, while it's not like what you see in
Goodfellas anymore, there's few examples of LCN guys being abused or assaulted in prison; especially when you consider how many have done time.
