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Prison can’t stop Kodak Black from handing out bars. On Friday, a video was posted to Black’s Instagram account showing the rapper on the video visitation phone. Through the camera, Kodak decides to flip the coronavirus pandemic into bars about his social observations and life behind bars. “This for the little kids in Africa, stomachs touching […]
TMZ has learned that Joseph Maldonado-Passage, better known as Joe Exotic on the popular Netflix docuseries Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness, has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Interior and the U.S. Federal Wildlife Service for nearly $79 million while serving his time at Grady County Jail in Oklahoma. Before we delve any deeper into his […]
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo made a big to-do earlier this month when he announced that he would be using prison labor to manufacture a New York-branded hand sanitizer, called New York State Clean. Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, hand sanitizer has been in short supply and price gouging has been rampant, but […]
6ix9ine will not be released from prison early, into home confinement or otherwise, even though he is more at risk of contracting coronavirus due to pre-existing conditions, including asthma. An order from Judge Paul A. Engelmayer arrived Wednesday. “Had the Court known that sentencing Mr. Hernandez to serve the final four months of his term in […]
On the same day we learned that Harvey Weinstein is sitting in isolation in a New York prison after contracting the coronavirus, Tekashi 6ix9ine‘s attorney is arguing that his client should get sprung for early release due to the present threat of the virus making its way throughout the prison system. TMZ is reporting that […]
Harvey Weinstein has reportedly tested positive for coronavirus. According to the Niagara-Gazette, Weinstein is currently in isolation at the Wende Correctional Facility near Buffalo as a precaution. New York’s Department of Corrections and Community Supervision declined to confirm that Weinstein caught the virus, due to federal health-care privacy laws, but they did confirm that two inmates at the […]
Kodak Black caught heat this week after he decided to weigh in on the deadly coronavirus. The 22-year-old rapper, who has remained behind bars since 2019, shared a since-deleted Instagram post in which he laughed off the global pandemic and its harmful effects on the music industry: “Lol I ain’t missing out on nothing Right Na…U Rap N***az […]
Meek Mill’s criminal justice organization REFORM Alliance has just unveiled policy recommendation to stop the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in prisons. Co-founded by Meek, JAY-Z, Robert Kraft, and Michael Rubin among others, REFORM hopes to assist U.S. governors on preventing the virus spreading behind bars. Known as the S.A.F.E.R. Plan, the policy recommendation was penned […]
As the country struggles to keep up with the ongoing threat of the COVID-19 coronavirus, Yo Gotti and Team ROC are taking action. Gotti has teamed up with the philanthropic arm of Roc Nation to demand the Mississippi Department of Corrections develop a plan to stop the spread of the virus, specifically in regards to […]
U.S. Marshals and deputies from the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office ended their hunt for escaped 49-year-old New Orleans jail inmate Clement Leach Jr. on Tuesday when they found him eating lunch at Sammy’s Food Service & Deli, according to NOLA.com. Authorities received a tip of Leach’s whereabouts that same day, and knew the address of the food spot because restaurant co-owner Sammy Schloegel said the U.S. Marshals dine […]
