Jay-z Sues Prison System Over Poor Living Condition Of Inmates

Rap famous person Jay-Z filed a lawsuit in opposition to the Mississippi Division of Corrections Tuesday on behalf of practically 30 prisoners, claiming inmates are being topic to inhumane, violent and unconstitutional circumstances which have led to the demise of 5 individuals during the last two weeks.

The lawsuit names Mississippi State Penitentiary Superintendent Marshall Turner and the outgoing division of corrections Commissioner Pelicia Corridor as defendants, in line with courtroom information.

“Plaintiffs’ lives are in peril,” stated the lawsuit. “People held in Mississippi’s prisons are dying as a result of Mississippi has did not fund its prisons, leading to prisons the place violence reigns as a result of prisons are understaffed.

Previously two weeks alone, 5 males incarcerated in Mississippi have died as the results of jail violence. These deaths are a direct results of Mississippi’s utter disregard for the individuals it has incarcerated and their constitutional rights.”

The lawsuit has directed nationwide consideration to the plight of inmates held inside the state’s jail system, he additional explains that the Eight Modification rights of prisoners have been violated.

The Eighth Modification prohibits merciless and weird punishment and is violated when “jail officers fail to guard in opposition to prison-related violence and when jail circumstances fail to fulfill primary human wants.”

Most of the Mississippi jail system’s points have come from radical finances cuts in recent times.

Hopefully, the swimsuit will enhance the residing circumstances of the inmates in Jail.