Work done by Team ROC, the social justice division of Roc Nation led by Jay-Z and Yo Gotti, could result in major changes to conditions at Mississippi State Penitentiary (also known as Parchman), Billboard reports.
In 2020 Team ROC secured legal representation for more than 200 inmates at the state prison and filed multiple lawsuits that resulted in an investigation by the U.S.
Justice Department into allegations of prisoners' rights being routinely violated while incarcerated. On Wednesday, April 20, the results of that investigation was published with the U.S.
Justice Department announcing that "Mississippi routinely violates the constitutional rights of people incarcerated at Parchman." Read Next: EST Gee drops Bigger Than Life or Death Deluxe, shares new “Jumpout Gang” video The DOJ added, "Based upon a thorough investigation [which began in February 2020], there is reasonable cause to believe that conditions and practices at the Mississippi State Penitentiary (also known as Parchman) violate the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S.
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