Former New York Giants star Plaxico Burress spoke to Bryant Gumbel recently about how his race may have affected the jury’s decision in the 2009 gun possession case that landed him in prison for two years. Burress, who was charged with illegally carrying and firing a gun at a Manhattan nightclub, told Gumbel that he […]
MONTICELLO, MISS. — A Mississippi man jailed for shooting a cop he believed was a home invader was released after spending the last 10 years in prison. Cory Maye, 30, celebrated his release with friends, family and the lawyers who defended him during his case. Maye, who was arrested in 2001 for the shooting, plead […]
I just spoke to my friend Ryan Mack about our “Never Going Back” initiative to attack the problems of mass incarceration and recidivism in America. During the conversation, I had a revelation: Most of us are just a step away from being incarcerated, or have yet to understand what it truly means to be free. […]
NEW YORK — Rikers island jailers let $130, 816 worth of odious meat rot into a mess that let one boss think it was still good enough to feed inmates. The 65,000 pounds of spoiled meat was discovered on July 11 after smells seeped from two freezer-trailers and caught the attention of a correction captain. […]
NEW YORK — Frank DeTucci, a 70-year-old prison chaplain at the Queensboro Correctional Facility has admitted to paying an inmate to let him perform oral sex on him. The New York Daily News reports: When questioned, DeTucci admitted that on July 5 he paid the same inmate $120 and $150 on two separate occasions to […]
MONTICELLO, Miss. — Cory Maye, a prisoner who was sentenced to death then life in prison for killing a police officer that he believed was a home invader, will be released from prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter. The Huffington Post reports: Shortly after midnight on December 26, 2001, Maye, then 21, was drifting off […]
A program entitled “Not Guilty: The Tragedy of Wrongful Convictions in the U.S., and the DNA Evidence that Frees Them,” seeks to exonerate thousands of minority inmates who falsely end up on the wrong side of prison bars, due to deep flaws found in the legal system. Created by ForensicScience.org, “Not Guilty” provides tangible data […]
NORTH CAROLINA — According a new study by the College Board’s Advocacy & Policy Center, young Black and Hispanic men are heading down a socially downward spiral. The study found that 51 percent of Hispanic males and 45 percent of African American males ages 15-24 will end up unemployed, incarcerated or dead. ABC News Channel […]
CLICK HERE TO BE FRIENDS WITH FIRST LADY ON FACEBOOK OR HERE TO FOLLOW HER ON TWITTER Here he is ladies WESS MORGAN will here LIVE at the 13th Annual Women’s Empowerment Series Saturday March 5th during the Ecuminical Services. (click on his picture to go to his website) WESS MORGAN PERFORMING LIVE AT THE […]
Da Brat who recently got out of jail, tells TMZ she did NOT strike up a romance with another female while in jail, but insisted that the other inmates wanted to get it in with her. Brat told the website: “Every female in prison wanted me … all of them wish they could have gotten […]
Da Brat has been released from prison yesterday after serving 3 years. Brat was convicted for assault after an altercation with a woman where she hit the woman in the face with a bottle. The rapper was put on a short work-release program last May and video footage of JD’s protege in the studio was […]
BE FRIENDS WITH FIRST LADY ON FACEBOOK OR FOLLOW HER ON TWITTER I CAN’T BE MAD AT TINY AND T.I., HOWEVER RULES ARE RULES. According to sources at Eurweb, it sounds like things kinda got out of “hand” between T.I. and Tiny when she visited him this past weekend in Arkansas where he’s doing time […]
