Jay-Z-funded lawsuits end as Mississippi improves prison

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Attorneys hired by Jay-Z and other entertainers have ended two lawsuits they filed on behalf of Mississippi inmates in 2020 over what they called squalid living conditions at the state’s oldest prison.

Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke said in April that Mississippi Department of Corrections officials cooperated with the investigation and pledged to resolve problems.

“We’re pleased that Parchman has started to address the cruel and inhumane prison conditions after the Department of Justice’s investigation, but we aren’t satisfied with short-term improvements,” Mario Mims, who goes by the stage name Yo Gotti, said in a statement Monday.

 

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See, this is extraordinary and one of the reasons why Jay-Z is a favorite artist of mine. Love, respect, and appreciation on defending the most vulnerable. Props.

Celebrities insert themselves into these conversations so they can deradicalize movements and acquiesce to half assed goal posts Da fuck they mean “most”?

The attorneys didn’t end the lawsuits. THE COURT THREW THEM OUT.

Let's rent out a prison in Columbia & send them down there to serve their sentence.

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