Celebrity News Education Lifestyle Rappers Vic Mensa, Hundred Round Kado Team Up To Send Books to Illinois Jails To Liberate IncarceratedStacy JacksonNovember 5, 2022November 2, 2022 by Stacy JacksonNovember 5, 2022November 2, 2022544 Rappers and friends Vic Mensa and Hundred Round Kado reportedly teamed up to send books to Illinois jails through the 93 Boyz Books Before Bars...
Celebrity News Legal Lifestyle News Man Sentenced to Year in Jail for Hit-And-Run Death of Nicki Minaji’s FatherYolanda BaruchAugust 5, 2022August 5, 2022 by Yolanda BaruchAugust 5, 2022August 5, 2022862 A slap in the face? Minaj's mother said he "left him on a street like a dog."...
Celebrity News Lifestyle News Taraji P. Henson Says Jussie Smollett’s Sentence ‘Does Not Fit the Crime’Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonMarch 14, 2022March 14, 2022 by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonMarch 14, 2022March 14, 20222056 Taraji P. Henson rallied behind her former TV son saying Jussie Smollett's "punishment does not fit the crime."...
Lifestyle News Meek Mill and Jay-Z are Sending 100,000 Surgical Masks to Jails and PrisonsSelena HillApril 3, 2020April 3, 2020 by Selena HillApril 3, 2020April 3, 20202531 The REFORM Alliance, a nonprofit founded by Meek Mill and Jay-Z, is donating much-needed supplies to correctional facilities around the country...
Technology It’s Like Kickstarter for Bail MoneySamara LynnSeptember 18, 2016May 11, 2018 by Samara LynnSeptember 18, 2016May 11, 20181624 35,000 people every other second are arrested. Founder and CEO Ben McFarlin refers to Help Bond Me as "the crowdfunding platform for pre-trial detainees."...
1.5 Million Black Men Missing: Entrepreneurs Summit to Host Town Hall to Address IssuesEssence GantApril 21, 2015May 8, 2018 by Essence GantApril 21, 2015May 8, 2018503 Over one million black men are missing in the United States, and Black Enterprise hosts a solution-focused town hall meeting....
CA Ordered to Free Inmates From Overcrowded PrisonsAaron MorrisonJune 21, 2013 by Aaron MorrisonJune 21, 2013173 If state officials followed the order, about 10,000 inmates could be freed by the end of the year....
News Rapper Ja Rule to Be Released from Jail in JulyGerren Keith GaynorMarch 2, 2013March 3, 2013 by Gerren Keith GaynorMarch 2, 2013March 3, 2013304 36-year-old served time for gun possession and tax evasion of more than $3 million....
News Bobby Brown Sentenced to Jail For Third DUIGerren Keith GaynorFebruary 28, 2013February 28, 2013 by Gerren Keith GaynorFebruary 28, 2013February 28, 2013238 In addition to jail time, Brown was ordered to 18 months in rehab....
Entrepreneurship FCC Seeks to End High Jail Phone Rates, Open Industry to CompetitionC. Daniel BakerFebruary 20, 2013October 5, 2017 by C. Daniel BakerFebruary 20, 2013October 5, 20171165 After years of requests from the public, the FCC tackles the "near monopoly" of the prison telephone system....