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Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, in jail for life, draws a photo of his prison cell

Ross Ulbricht, the creator of The Silk Road darknet marketplace, is serving a double life sentence plus forty years with no possibility for parole for "money laundering, computer hacking, conspiracy to traffic fraudulent identity documents, and conspiracy to traffic narcotics by means of the Internet." [Wikipedia] Above, a detail from his incredible drawing of his cell and cellmate in the Tucson United States Penitentiary. In a Medium essay titled Life in a Box, Ross writes: Try, if you can, to imagine being in this 65-square-foot cell, just you, your cellie and a pet mouse.

 

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