Originally Posted By: IvyLeague
Originally Posted By: Jimmy_Two_Times
I won't pretend that I am extensively versed on this topic, but it would seem to me that mafia in prison are subjected to much of the same crap as anyone else. Where they once probably had a lot of influence, now they do not have as much. The prison gangs rule prison as they invariably are not ever getting out and they have significant numbers incarcerated for life.


While I don't think mafiosi have the kind of pull in prison portrayed in Goodfellas, I don't think they are the easy targets some claim they are or just like any other inmate. Most of the examples of mobsters being attacked that I've read about on these forums are not easy to substantiate. And the ones that are are few and far between. Especially when you consider how many mobsters in how many prisons there are.


I think it depends on which prison and the time period involved. Lewisburg in the 1960s was supposed to have a large Mafia population, probably Leavenworth too. Where there's large numbers there's protection.

As for mobsters getting beat up or attacked, according to one source Lucky Luciano was assaulted by one of his own men, Little Davie Petillo.