Life in and After jail
The Boys were initially held at Joilet but they were transferred to Statville Penitentiary because people were complaining of their special treatment. Because of their money, at Joilet Prison they were given a private cell, books, desk, filing cabinet, and even pet birds. They were also allowed to shower away from other prisoners, take their meals into the officer lounge, allowed as many unsupervised visitors as they wanted and got to keep their own gardens.
On January 28th 1936, Loeb was attacked by a fellow prisoner named James E. Day with a straight razor in the shower room and died due to loss of blood from his wounds. Day claimed that Loeb tried to sexually assault but Day had no injuries while Loeb was left with 50 slashes to his back, self defense wounds, and a gash to the neck; never the less, his testimony was accepted. It was later discovered that the actual motive for the death of Loeb was money; when the prison reduced the amount of allowance that was allowed a week to just a few dollars, a former cell mate of Loeb demanded his weekly gifts that Loeb could no longer afford.
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After 33 years in prison, Leopold after being turned down three times was finally on the fourth time released on parole. In April of that year he had set up the Leopold foundation to "aid emotionally disturbed, retarded, or delinquent youths" which was going to be funded off the money of his book "Life Plus 99 Years". In July, the state of Illinois turned down his organization saying it violated the terms of his parole. Nathan Leopold moved to Puerto Rico later in his life and married a widowed florist and got a job as a medical technician at the Brethren service commissions hospital. Leopold died of a diabetes related heart attack on August 29th, 1971 at the age of 66.
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