Still, during his own tenure, Hood said he made a point of developing one-on-one relationships with as many inmates as possible — he described Salvatore (Sammy the Bull) Gravano as “a very likable guy, believe it or not,” and he bonded with the Unabomber over their shared interest in running marathons — in hopes of eliciting good behaviour in exchange for whatever he could do to make their sentences more bearable.
“Not everyone in the ADX needs to be in a supermax. I could reduce that population. I don’t know what the magic number is, but a certain percentage could be put in a place that doesn’t require 23-hour lockdown. The public might not like it, but I don’t care if Sammy the Bull is out in the yard playing Ping-Pong with Robert Hanssen.”
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