Bernie Madoff's Life In Prison: Sketchy Criminal Friends, Bocci, And Watching CNN

Courtney Comstock  -  June 21, 2010

The latest update about Bernie Madoff's life in prison has reports of Madoff's allegedly having a hidden stash of $9 billion, collapsing because of prescription drugs, and much more.

Today the NYPost, has an inmate talking about Madoff's friends, hobbies, and his favorite person to watch on TV: himself.

Here's the latest round up of facts about Madoff's life to come out from behind bars:

· "Bernie likes watching CNN to see if there's anything about him on it."

· Bernie's having a hard time with his new job in the commissary. He has to deliver people their orders of soda cans, sometimes as many as 30 cans. Apparently they're quite heavy.

· He "gets upset" if he disagrees with how he is portrayed on television

· He's "really hurt" by his sons Andrew and Mark. They never visit, call, or write.

· He loves writing to his grandchildren

· "He also feels a lot of pain for what he did to people"

But luckily for him, Madoff has some friends he can lean on when times get tough.

Friends:

· One of Madoff's friends is Jonathan Pollard, who spied for Israel while working as a civilian intelligence analyst for the US Navy

· Bernie plays bocci with Colombo crime-family boss Carmine Persico

· Another friend of his is former New York pharmacist John Mancini, who was locked up for illegally distributing millions of painkillers

So Madoff's life in mid-level security prison doesn't really sound all that bad. Madoff has friends, hobbies, and leads a surprisingly pretty normal life.

Not to mention, he's a lot more popular in jail than out. Everyone thinks he's a hero!

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