via NYPOST:
Bankman-Fried — who faces more than 100 years in prison when he is sentenced in March following last month’s conviction for fraud and money laundering in connection with the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX — has been held at the Metropolitan Detention Center since August when a federal judge revoked his bail.
The Brooklyn jail has long been accused of inhumane conditions exacerbated by persistent staffing shortages, power outages and maggots in inmates’ food.
It also bans cigarettes, the traditional item bartered behind bars, forcing the jailbirds to trade goods like the smelly fish snacks, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Bankman-Fried, a professed vegan, had stunned observers in court at the start of the trial when he ditched his scraggy hair-do in favor of a neater look.
The 31-year-old appears to be making the best of his bad situation. He has been giving cryptocurrency tips to jail guards while being fed vegetarian meals, according to sources cited by the Journal.
Life behind bars for Sam Bankman, paying with fish.