Reason #73 why being a mobster is the best criminal profession: you can now get your own specifically-tailored iPod in jail! Albeit, you won't be able to listen to Tony Bennett or Frank Sinatra with it, but you will be able to listen to the government's audio evidence against you from behind bars.
Thomas "Tommy Shots" Gioeli, alleged boss of the Colombo family and frequent kvetcher, and Joel "Joe Waverly" Cacace, the family's consigliere, both received the special iPods, which cost $950 each, with hours of FBI wire tap recordings included. Since anyone charged with a crime has the right to examine prosecutor's evidence against them to prep for trial, the idea of the iPod, suggested by Gioeli's lawyer, is to speed up that process. Maybe they could throw them a bone and include Mafia Maps in the deal.
