Release and Life After Prison
After Barnes cooperated with the government by working as an informant, Rudolph Giuliani sought a reversal of Barnes' life sentence. Eventually, he was resentenced to 35 years and housed in a special Witness Security Unit at Federal Correctional Institution, Otisville in Otisville, New York. By working in jail, Barnes earned two months off and was released in August 1998. Work was something Barnes seemed to thrive on during the more than 15 years he spent at Otisville.
| “ | He worked all the time ... He worked in the kitchen, in the dining area, separating the recycle stuff from the regular garbage. You name it he did it. He seemed obsessed. | ” |
| — Prison official |
In 2007, Barnes and his former competitor, Frank Lucas, sat down with New York magazine's Mark Jacobson for a historic conversation between men who had not spoken to each other in 30 years. Now in his 70s, Barnes is part of the Witness Protection Program.
Barnes wrote his memoir, Mr. Untouchable, in 2007 and appears in a documentary about his gang life, also titled Mr. Untouchable.
On January 31, 2008, Barnes was interviewed by Howard Stern on Stern's Sirius Satellite Radio show.
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