Martin Shkreli Offers Hardened Criminals Shoulder To Cry On In Brooklyn Jail: Report

SUNSET PARK, BROOKLYN — Martin Shkreli is spending his jail time lending a shoulder for some hardened criminals to cry on. And the "Pharma Bro," who's locked in the notoriously awful Brooklyn Detention Center, told a pen pal his biggest problem is a snoring cellmate.

"Things are not THAT awful here," Shkreli wrote in letters to a friend that were obtained by The New York Daily News. "There are some bright sides. I am teaching these prisoners some new things and hopefully some ways to change their lives."

The Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO, who was ordered held in the jail after he offered cash to anybody who could get him a lock of Hillary Clinton's hair, said he plays chess, shoots hoops and has become a mentor of sorts for some of the other inmates.

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"I’ve heard a lot of sorrowful, plaintive stories here," Shkreli wrote, according to the News. "One guy was just in my room, crying. Supposed mobster."

He's also asked for extra books because he is "mentoring as much as I can and books are a part of that."

See the full Daily News story here.

In August, Shkreli was convicted of charges, including securities fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. A judge called him a "danger to society" and ordered him held while he awaits sentencing after he made the Clinton threat in September.

According to prosecutors, Shkreli, who once jacked up the price of a life-saving AIDS drug by 5,000 percent, lied to investors about the status of their money — once claiming he had $40 million in the bank when he had only $300 — after he blew the cash on bad stock picks. He used this Ponzi-style scheme to steal more than $11 million from hedge fund investors.

He faces 20 years in prison.

The jail, on 29th Street near the waterfront in Sunset Park, has held its fair share of notorious criminals, including drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. It was once called a "third world" hell by visiting judges.

Photo: NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 4: (L to R) Lead defense attorney Benjamin Brafman walks with former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli after the jury issued a verdict at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, August 4, 2017 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Shkreli was found guilty on three of the eight counts involving securities fraud and conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)