In Italy for example mafia,camorra and ndrangheta regulary pay the men in prison and the NCO fall when don't have more the money to pay the men in prison that are more that on the streets.
I know that Mickey Scars ratted because was shelved without reason.
I think if a made men a decent ring of shylock,books or something maybe some money can go on the jail,but with the long sentence 10 y to life,if your are a capo be demoted to soldier ecc maybe the family would buy the best lawyer but never more,in prison you're alone and is worse than the streets.
you cant compare the mob in italy to the mob in amerciz completly differant