Yo Gotti and Jay-Z’s Team Roc are suing Mississippi officials over prison conditions that 'fail to meet basic human needs'
reports. The lawsuit was filed on Tuesday against Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Pelicia Hall and Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary of Parchman Marshal Turner on behalf of 29 inmates.. “Individuals held in Mississippi’s prisons are dying because Mississippi has failed to fund its prisons, resulting in prisons where violence reigns because prisons are understaffed.
In addition to the deaths, there are an unknown number of individuals who were wounded during the recent outbreak of violence. The complaint accuses the prison official defendants of failing “to protect against prison-related violence and when prison conditions fail to meet basic human needs.” It claims the inmates’ Eighth Amendment rights are being violated. Due to the inadequate funding that has led to prisons being understaffed, violence is prevalent and inmates “live in squalor, endangering their physical and mental health.
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