People Can't Believe These Interviews With Inmates At The Jail Luigi Mangione Is Being Held In Are Real

Luigi Mangione is being held in a Pennsylvania prison for a firearms charge, forgery, and providing false identity to Altoona police as authorities work to extradite him to New York.

A person in an orange outfit is being escorted by law enforcement officers near a vehicle, looking directly ahead
Jeff Swensen / Getty Images

Department of Corrections spokesperson Maria Bivens told Penn Live about what prison conditions were like for Mangione:

"Prison staff serves Mangione breakfast at 6:15 a.m., lunch at 10:30 a.m. and dinner at 5:15 p.m.

His cell is closed by a door, not bars. He can peer out the window on the door, which provides some natural light. However, he is unable to see or interact with any other people incarcerated in his unit."

ADVERTISEMENT

And now, we're hearing about prison life directly from inmates.

Person with curly hair in orange clothing, facing the camera with a neutral expression against a plain background
Handout / Getty Images

Some inmates have TVs, so NewsNation anchors have been able to conduct live interviews with them through the prison fence.

Two news hosts appear on-screen. The top host, onscreen studio, gestures while speaking. The bottom host is outside, reporting on location
News Nation/twitter.com / NewsNation/status/1867066106302673274

They've screamed, "Luigi's conditions suck!"

Image showing barbed wire fence in front of a building with text: "Luigi Mangione's fellow inmates: Free him, 'conditions suck.'"

They've also yelled "Free Luigi!"

Barbed wire fence with text overlay: "Luigi Mangione’s fellow inmates: Free him, ‘conditions suck’. Free Luigi!"

This interview in particular is going viral:

News Nation/Twitter: @NewsNation

ADVERTISEMENT

"Can I just ask the guys if they can hear me right now if they can answer yes or no very loud," she asks. "Does Luigi have television in his single cell right now?"

Two news anchors in split-screen: top, a woman in a white blouse; bottom, a man in a dark jacket, both speaking to the camera. NewsNation Exclusive

You can clearly hear them scream "no."

Man in a dark coat and shirt laughs during an interview labeled "NewsNation Exclusive."

The anchor sums it up best: "This is the strangest interview I've ever conducted."

Two people are shown on split-screen news segments. The top person is speaking in a studio, while the bottom person is outdoors smiling

In another viral clip, the NewsNation anchor asks inmates if their dinner was good:

News Nation/tiktok.com

You can also clearly hear them say, "no."

TV screen showing a news segment titled "What's Cookin' in Prison?" Lists meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner. Includes grits, meatballs, pasta
News Nation/tiktok.com

Needless to say, people are surprised by these through-the-fence prison interviews.

Social media comments reacting humorously to a situation, indicating disbelief and calling it ridiculous

"This is the most America thing I've ever seen," one person said.

Comment: "This is the most America thing I've ever seen" with laughing emojis and 2916 likes

Another person said it felt like a "comedy show."

tiktok.com

Personally, I agree with this person because YOU KNOW Bowen Yang will be all over this on Saturday:

Comment saying, "this feels like an snl skit," with a crying-laughing emoji. 9 hours ago, 9871 likes, and a reply option