TIL real Somali pirate from Captain Phillips is sentenced to 33 years in US prison

[u/impulse07]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-12486129

[u/Gemmabeta]

As of December 2025, Muse is incarcerated at Federal Correctional Institution, Cumberland. His projected release date is 30 May 2038.

Muse worked as a prison orderly, although his wage was garnished to pay the restitution he owes for the hijacking as well as a court fee.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abduwali_Muse

[u/kingtacticool → u/Gemmabeta]

Huh. I coulda sworn I heard he was at the big bad fed. Maybe he got moved to a lower security.

[u/PerpelSho → u/Gemmabeta]

Jesus. Imagine getting in trouble and all of a sudden your entire life is on Wikipedia.

[u/DaveOJ12 → u/PerpelSho]

LPT: Don't get in trouble.

[u/Sex_E_Searcher → u/DaveOJ12]

This is exactly why I'm not a pirate.

[u/Lexxxapr00 → u/DaveOJ12]

Or everyone will know how lost my teeth :(

[u/ZincMan → u/Lexxxapr00]

What

[u/DaveOJ12 → u/ZincMan]

The Wikipedia article that was linked earlier mentions how Muse lost his teeth.

In 2017, Muse filed a lawsuit against three staff members of the Terre Haute facility, holding them responsible for the loss of 15 teeth, seven of which were extracted in 2011, through "deliberate indifference".

[u/PerpelSho → u/DaveOJ12]

Lol. Even if I did no one is about to write out a wiki about it.

[u/ImpossibleDenial → u/PerpelSho]

Only one way to find out

[u/CONFIGdotSYS → u/PerpelSho]

Remindme! 2 years

[u/eightkillerbits → u/Gemmabeta]

Garnishing prison wages seems pointlessly petty.  

Don't they get paid like 20c an hour.

[u/duckmuffins → u/eightkillerbits]

He’s gonna owe the debt one way or another, may as well get a head start on it

[u/FatiguedShrimp → u/Gemmabeta]

Damn. I didn't realize prison wages could be garnished. Means no soap and stuff, right?

[u/skeeferd → u/FatiguedShrimp]

I think (I'm not completely sure) they are provided the basic necessities with anything extra costing them money.

[u/FatiguedShrimp → u/skeeferd]

They get a bit less than replacement calories, intentionally insufficient protein, no shaving equipment, etc..

Prison wages have to pay 'copay' for medical visits.