Jay-Z sued the head of the Mississippi Dept. of Corrections and the warden of the state penitentiary Tuesday on behalf of 29 prisoners who say they’ve done nothing to stop the violence that has left 5 inmates dead in the past two weeks.
The lawsuit comes on the heels of a letter dated Jan. 9 that Spiro sent to Hall and Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant on behalf of Jay-Z and hip-hop artist Yo Gotti protesting the “inhumane conditions in prisons operated by the Mississippi Department of Corrections.”
“This unthinkable spate of deaths is the culmination of years of severe understaffing and neglect at Mississippi’s prisons,” Spiro’s letter reads. “As Mississippi has incarcerated increasing numbers of people, it has dramatically reduced its funding of prisons. As a result, prison conditions fail to meet even the most basic human rights.”
Spiro closed with a warning: “Roc Nation and its philanthropic arm, Team Roc, demand that Mississippi take immediate steps to remedy this intolerable situation.”The lawsuit names three prison inmates who were killed this year at the state penitentiary in Parchman, Mississippi.
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