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Hiss served 44 months of his five-year sentence in Lewisburg Federal Prison. There, his [[#refWard88|best friends]] were the gangsters, whom he later compared to prisoners of war in terms of solidarity, hierarchy and discipline.<ref>[[#refHiss89|Hiss 1989]]: 168</ref> Hiss even provided legal advice to his [[#refLH88|fellow inmate]], the notorious Mafia boss [https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/12/books/books-of-the-times-alger-hiss-recalls-emotional-side-of-his-2-trials.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm Frank Costello].<ref>[[#refWhite04|White 2004]]: 90</ref> Hiss called the gangsters “the [http://homepages.nyu.edu/~th15/brower.html most stable group] in any prison” and “[http://ariannaonline.huffingtonpost.com/columns/printer_friendly.php?id=684 the healthiest inmates] of the prison” because they “had absolutely no sense of guilt.”<ref>Hiss to C. Vann Woodward, May 2, 1959, quoted in [[#refWeinstein78|Weinstein 1978]]: 581; [[#refWhite04|White 2004]]: 87-88</ref> Hiss admitted that he, too, never felt guilt about anything he had ever done<ref>[[#refRemnick86|Remnick 1986]]</ref> &mdash;as one Hiss biographer comments, “an [[#refCapshaw07|incredible statement]] from anyone.” Among Hiss's fellow prisoners was avowed Communist Maurice Braverman. According to [http://www.lewrockwell.com/dilorenzo/dilorenzo196.html leftist] historian Garry Wills:

Hiss served 44 months of his five-year sentence in Lewisburg Federal Prison. There, his [[#refWard88|best friends]] were the gangsters, whom he later compared to prisoners of war in terms of solidarity, hierarchy and discipline.<ref>[[#refHiss89|Hiss 1989]]: 168</ref> Hiss even provided legal advice to his [[#refLH88|fellow inmate]], the notorious Mafia boss [https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/12/books/books-of-the-times-alger-hiss-recalls-emotional-side-of-his-2-trials.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm Frank Costello].<ref>[[#refWhite04|White 2004]]: 90</ref> Hiss called the gangsters “the [http://homepages.nyu.edu/~th15/brower.html most stable group] in any prison” and “[http://ariannaonline.huffingtonpost.com/columns/printer_friendly.php?id=684 the healthiest inmates] of the prison” because they “had absolutely no sense of guilt.”<ref>Hiss to C. Vann Woodward, May 2, 1959, quoted in [[#refWeinstein78|Weinstein 1978]]: 581; [[#refWhite04|White 2004]]: 87-88</ref> Hiss admitted that he, too, never felt guilt about anything he had ever done<ref>[[#refRemnick86|Remnick 1986]]</ref> &mdash;as one Hiss biographer comments, “an [[#refCapshaw07|incredible statement]] from anyone.” Among Hiss's fellow prisoners was avowed Communist Maurice Braverman. According to [http://www.lewrockwell.com/dilorenzo/dilorenzo196.html leftist] historian Garry Wills:

{{cquote|[W]hen it came time for Hiss to be released, Braverman's lawyer said that the Party hoped he would have an eloquent statement to read when he came out the gate. Television cameras were bound to be there. Braverman asked Hiss what he meant to say; Hiss said he had not thought of making a statement. Braverman said he thought it would be a good idea. "What should I say?" Hiss asked, and Braverman composed his first draft for him. He behaved like one still serving the Party.<ref>Garry Wills, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=ByGIJIhocj0C Lead time: a journalist's education]'' (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004) ISBN 0618446907, p. 62</ref>}}

{{cquote|[W]hen it came time for Hiss to be released, Braverman's lawyer said that the Party hoped he would have an eloquent statement to read when he came out the gate. Television cameras were bound to be there. Braverman asked Hiss what he meant to say; Hiss said he had not thought of making a statement. Braverman said he thought it would be a good idea. "What should I say?" Hiss asked, and Braverman composed his first draft for him. He behaved like one still serving the Party.<ref>Garry Wills, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=ByGIJIhocj0C Lead time: a journalist's education]'' (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004) ISBN 0618446907, p. 62</ref>}}

== Later life ==

== Later life ==