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In "Goodfellas", there is a scene where the whole gang is in prison cooking steak and enjoying glasses of alcohol in a private area just for the "wiseguys". Was prison actually like this for those men, or is this a cinematic liberty taken just to glamourize the mobster lifestyle?

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In "Goodfellas", there is a scene where the whole gang is in prison cooking steak and enjoying glasses of alcohol in a private area just for the "wiseguys". Was prison actually like this for those men, or is this a cinematic liberty taken just to glamourize the mobster lifestyle?	2199