In one of the most bizarre news segments I have ever seen, NewsNation “interviewed” inmates at the State Correctional Institution Huntingdon in Pennsylvania, where alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione is being held.
The outlet’s Ashleigh Banfield interviewed Alex Caprariello while he was standing outside the prison. At the same time, it appeared that inmates were watching the segment on television in their cells.
NewsNation's Ashleigh Banfield and Alex Caprariello spoke exclusively with prison inmates live through the fence at the State Correctional Institution Huntingdon in Pennsylvania. pic.twitter.com/Giycl3kCRg
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As Banfield was reporting on Mangione’s conditions, prisoners yelled outside the window that “Luigi’s conditions suck.”
She then asked the inmates questions and waited for them to respond by yelling out the window or flickering the lights on and off. When asked if Mangione had a television in his cell, the inmates yelled, “No.”
Caprariello reported that Magione is alone in a cell with only a bed, a chair, a toilet, and a sink. Although he is not in solitary confinement, he is not with the prisoners who were yelling at the journalists.
Banfield then read the menu that the alleged murderer had been given while in prison.
“I’m gonna read out the menu and ask the guys if it was any good,” she said. “So guys, was dinner good? Yes or no.”
“It was terrible,” the inmates yelled as Caprariello laughed.
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