Meek Mill Addresses Prison Reform in NYT Op-Ed

Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill wrote an op-ed in The New York Times about prison reform.

Most of the world knows Meek Mill from the hip-hop verses he writes. Others may know him from his highly-publicized incarceration a few years ago. On Monday, Meek Mill — real name Robert Williams — combined his writing ability with his past prison experience for an op-ed in The New York Times.

The article, titled “Meek Mill: Prisoners Need a New Set of Rights,” calls for prison reform among men and women of color. Read an excerpt from the article below.

Per The New York Times:

“But I know I’m the exception to the rule — a lucky one. It’s clearer than ever that a disproportionate number of men and women of color are treated unfairly by a broken criminal justice system. The system causes a vicious cycle, feeding upon itself — sons and daughters grow up with their parents in and out of prison, and then become far more likely to become tied up in the arrest-jail-probation cycle. This is bad for families and our society as a whole.”

You can read the entire op-ed here.

Mill’s op-ed is the latest maneuver in his attempt to right wrongs in the country’s prison system. In addition to the NYT piece, he’s also been working on an Amazon Prime docuseries with executive producer Jay-Z, investigative journalist Paul Solotaroff, and documentarian Isaac Solotaroff. The series, according to Deadline, “will chronicle Meek and his supporters as they attempt to uncover the different facets of corruption that kept him under the thumb of Philadelphia’s criminal justice system for over a decade.”

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