The family said in a statement to the Wall Street Journal that Bulger was "deliberately placed in harm's way" when he transferred prisons.
The family of notorious Boston gangster James"Whitey" Bulger is filing a wrongful death claim against the federal government following his death in prison last year.
“There is simply no other explanation for the transfer of someone in his condition and inmate status to be placed in the general population of one of the country’s most violent federal penitentiaries,” the family said in the statement. Bulger letters: 'Whitey' Bulger praised Trump, bashed Mueller in letters from prison before he died last year
Finding Bulger in his bunk wrapped in covers, the officers initially believed the inmate to be sleeping. When Bulger did not respond to their presence, the officers removed his bed wrap to reveal a bloodied and severely beaten face and upper body.For sale: Mobster 'Whitey' Bulger buried 3 bodies at Boston home now on sale for $3.5M
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