Luigi Mangione, currently incarcerated and awaiting trial, has received a substantial sum of $40,000 from his supporters to use on commissary items while in prison. Mangione, aged 27, is charged with the federal crime of murder following the alleged fatal shooting of Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, during a New York conference in December 2024.
Since his apprehension after a dramatic five-day manhunt, Mangione has garnered an unexpected following of devoted admirers. These supporters have been contributing funds to his commissary account at the Metropolitan Detention Center, aiming to improve his quality of life while he is behind bars.
Reports from TMZ reveal that Mangione has access to a daily spending limit of $160 at the commissary, enabling him to purchase a variety of snacks and comforts. For instance, a tub of Nutella is priced at $4.90, and a sausage costs $2.90, illustrating the selection of items available to him.
According to TMZ, adoring supporters have been putting money on his commissary at Metropolitan Detention Center to make life behind bars as easy as possible for him.
A jailhouse source claimed Mangione can spend up to $160 at the commissary per day on everyday snacks and creature comforts.
A tub of Nutella sells for $4.90, while a sausage is priced at $2.90.
Mangione could upgrade his breakfast with a side of oatmeal for $3.65 or pick up jalapeno wheels for $3.20.
A block of Velveeta cheese sells in prison for $3.70.
Luigi Mangione has been lavished with $40,000 to spend on commissary items in prison as he awaits trial over the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
The 27-year-old faces a federal murder charge after he allegedly shot Thompson dead on the streets of New York as he attended a conference in December 2024
Mangione has amassed a legion of loyal fans since his arrest after a highly publicized five-day manhunt. Pictured: Loyal Mangione fans outside a court hearing for him in New York
According to an old New York prisons commissary price guide, inmates can purchase vitamins, deodorant, laundry detergent and non alcoholic drinks for relatively low prices.
Beyond cash, Mangione’s fans have also been inundating him with letters and gifts.
The publication claimed ‘letters from the ladies can get hot and heavy’, citing one letter in which a woman told Mangione she wanted to ‘bug out on his d**k.’
A source stated Mangione can receive as many as 200 letters a day from his adoring fans.
President Donald Trump previously weighed in on the mania surrounding Mangione’s appearance, telling Fox News: ‘I’m watching the girls going crazy for him. This is a sickness. This really has to be studied and investigated. It’s not possible.’
Mangione has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him, and had a small win in court recently when the state terrorism charges against him were dropped.
Judge Gregory Carro said that the evidence was ‘legally insufficient’ for the counts of murder in the first degree in furtherance of an act of terrorism, and murder in the second degree as a crime of terrorism.
The accused murderer’s fans said that he had taken a ‘bite out of corruption’ when he allegedly shot Thompson, 50, dead.
The accused murderer’s fans said that he had taken a ‘bite out of corruption’ when he allegedly shot Thompson (pictured), 50, dead
The Ivy League graduate has pleaded not guilty to the state and federal charges against him
Mangione, an Ivy League graduate, has become a ‘symbol’ for the fight for healthcare reform, his supporters said.
He allegedly wrote ‘deny’, ‘depose’ and ‘delay’ on the bullets in a sign of his anger at the healthcare system which reportedly sprang from long-term back problems.
Last month, lawyers for Mangione asked that his federal charges be dismissed and the death penalty be taken off the table as a result of public comments by US Attorney General Pam Bondi.
In April, Bondi directed prosecutors in New York to seek the death penalty, calling the killing of Thompson a ‘premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America.’
Murder cases are usually tried in state courts, but prosecutors have also charged Mangione under a federal law on murders committed with firearms as part of other ‘crimes of violence.’
It is the only charge for which Mangione could face the death penalty, since it’s not used in New York state.
