State Penitentiary
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Initial release | USA |
|---|---|
| Directors | Lew Landers |
| Producers | Sam Katzman |
| Composers | Mischa Bakaleinikoff |
| Screenplay | Frank Burt |
| Howard J. Green | |
| Robert Libott | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2345047 |
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Jay-Z sued on behalf of Mississippi prisoners in danger'
Jay-Z is in Virginia in April of last year
Rapper Jay-Z instructed his lawyers to take legal action against US-prison-officials in the names of the 29 prisoners, whose lives he says are in danger.
The Action claiming that men are "in danger" due to "lack of staff and neglect" in Mississippi prisons.
Jay-Z launched The Action by the Team of Roc, the philanthropic division of his entertainment Empire Roc Nation .
It Comes after five prisoners were killed in attacks in state prisons in a week over the New Year .
The lawsuit claims that chronic under-funding and lack of staff has resulted in "prisons, where violence reigns" and "unimaginable" wave of deaths.
"life in misery,'"The shortage is also forcing people living in Mississippi in the jail in misery, endangering their physical and Mental Health ," The Action continues.
she claims The Prison in Parchman - where they died, three of The Five recent victims - subject to floods, black fungus and an infestation of mice and rats.
The lawsuit, forcing a pain of money for the occupants and a order to act The Mississippi Department of corrections.
The case was filed on Tuesday against outgoing MDOC Commissioner Pelicia hall and Marshal Turner, the superintendent of The Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman.
A spokesman for the MDOC, said that it "discuss pending litigation".
Jay-Z 's lawyer wrote to Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant (left) in the past weekThe Action , filed by Jay-Z's lawyer Alex Spiro in the U.S. District Court in Greenville, Mississippi, follows a letter last week to The State 's Governor Phil Bryant and Commissioner hall.
"Roc Nation , and its philanthropic arm -, Team -, Roc -, demand -, the read Mississippi immediate steps to remedy this intolerable situation," The Letter to.
Jay-Z was declared last year by such assets as a $75m (£57. 5m) music catalog, and a $70m (£53. 7m) share in the ride-sharing app Uber.
Born Shawn Carter in 1969, he hit fame in 1996 with his debut album, Reasonable Doubt , and married to a fellow superstar Beyoncé Knowles in 2008.
-, Team -Roc says, it is intended to obtain an "awareness of the problems of injustice and work to effect positive change".
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Source of news: bbc.com
