William Mersey

William Mersey is a writer and blogger who's been published in the New York Times, the New York Daily News and New York Magazine, as well as Gallery, Oui, and Screw Magazines. From January 3 to November 18 of 2019, Mersey was imprisoned in the Metropolitan Correction Center for tax fraud, where he spent a significant amount of time in the company of Paul Manafort and Jeffrey Epstein. Read more of his thoughts on prison life, the BOP, and MCC specifically here.

ALT-TXT: An illustration including photos of Actors in the SAG-AFTRA Union Striking WGA union, on the first day of a SAG-AFTRA strike, in Los Angeles, CA.

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SAG Can’t Play the Victim When It Treats Extras So Badly

While SAG-AFTRA advocates for its members’ rights, it should consider how unfairly it—and productions—treat extras who are shut out of joining SAG in the first place.

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FOXES GUARDING THE HEN HOUSE

It’s Too Easy for Abusive Prison Guards to Keep Their Jobs

Two new scandals have rocked the already beleaguered Federal Bureau of Prisons. Corrupt and predatory officers are a big part of the problem.

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STILL RENT-FREE

Diehard Trump Lackey Is in for a Strange Trip Behind Bars

The former CFO of the Trump Organization will have to hope the increasingly deadly jail keeps him good and isolated.

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THE HONEYMOON IS OVER

‘Political Prisoner’ Paul Manafort Was a Sh*tty Cellmate

Trump’s guy is back talking with his old pal Sean Hannity and promoting a new book about how his shit doesn’t stink. But his farts sure did, writes his former cellmate.

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LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND INFAMOUS

I Saw Firsthand Why Jeffrey Epstein Killed Himself

I’d suffered through the flatulence and lumberjack snoring of cellmate Paul Manafort before I ended up spending many hours alone with Jeffrey Epstein as his inmate companion.

William Mersey

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SAG Can’t Play the Victim When It Treats Extras So Badly

It’s Too Easy for Abusive Prison Guards to Keep Their Jobs

Diehard Trump Lackey Is in for a Strange Trip Behind Bars

‘Political Prisoner’ Paul Manafort Was a Sh*tty Cellmate

I Saw Firsthand Why Jeffrey Epstein Killed Himself

They’re Closing the Jail Where I Met Epstein—It’s About Time

At Epstein’s Jail and Ghislaine’s, Everything’s a Rat F*ck

Cohen Isn’t the First Convict the Gov’t Tried to Silence

The Virus Has Come to a Place With No Escape

Harvey Weinstein Is in for a Rude Awakening at Rikers