Shaving Incident and Prison Transfer
In August 2008, Entwistle had been tricked into shaving his head in an attempt to secure the protection of a white supremacist prison gang. Instead of giving Entwistle protection, the gang had reportedly said: "It's a nice gesture on your part but we're gonna kill you." Entwistle was put into protective custody inside the prison shortly afterwards. On 17 December, he was transferred to the medium security prison Old Colony Correctional Center in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Department of Corrections spokesman Diane Wiffin stated that Entwistle's transfer was part of the state's inmate classification process that takes a prisoner's safety into account, confirming that the threats against Entwistle's life were quite serious. Entwistle spent a total of five months in Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center.
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