A bizarre thing happened when Luigi Mangione was in the Pennsylvania jail as the inmates replied to a NewsNation live indicating that they were listening to the coverage in the jail. The inmates responded to reporter Alex Caprariello and Ashleigh Banfield as they were reporting about the poor condition of the State Correction Institution Huntingdon in Pennsylvania. The prisoners answered 'no' listening to the broadcast and also yelled 'Free Luigi'.
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