Criminal Justice System
Phresher And Funk Master Flex In Concert - New York, NY
Rapper Fred Da Godson Dies Of The Coronavirus

The lawyer of YNW Melly requests his release.
by Royce Dunmore
04.24.20
Cyntoia Brown Long Signs Copies Of "Free Cyntoia"
Cyntoia Brown Reacts To 'Unauthorized' New Netflix Doc

The movie will detail her life after being a victim of sex trafficking and being convicted of murder at 16.
by Royce Dunmore
04.16.20
Meek Mill, Michael Rubin, And CEO Van Jones Launch The Reform Alliance With Founding Partners
Jay-Z And Meek Mill Donate Masks To Prisons

Jay-Z and Meek Mill donated 130,000 surgical masks to prisons to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 among inmates and correctional…
by NewsOne Staff
04.13.20
Rihanna's 5th Annual Diamond Ball
Meek Mill Surprises Children Impacted By Incarceration

Meek Mill and Reform Alliance leaders treated children whose lives have been impacted by incarceration to a shopping spree.
by NewsOne Staff
03.31.20
Amber Guyger murder trial
Amber Guyger's Lawyers Say They May Appeal Conviction

A "Notice of Appeal" filed could change the course of her sentencing.
by NewsOne Staff
03.30.20
2018 V-103 Car & Bike Show
T.I. Furthers Criminal Justice Reform Efforts In Atlanta

T.I. has joined Atlanta’s city jail task force in an effort to transform the Atlanta City Detention Center into a…
by NewsOne Staff
03.29.20
Celebrity Sightings In Philadelphia - April 02, 2019
Meek Mill And Lawmakers Propose Probation Reform Bill

Philadelphia-bred rapper Meek Mill has teamed up with lawmakers to propose a probation and parole reform bill.
by NewsOne Staff
03.28.20
Courtroom And Gavel
Teen Filed Wrongful Arrest Lawsuit

A black teen filed a wrongful arrest lawsuit against the cops.
by Nigel Roberts
03.27.20
Jail cell with the door close
Police Admit To Wrongful Arrest Of Black Man

It’s rare for prosecutors and law enforcement to admit to wrongdoing in the racist criminal justice system.
by NewsOne Staff
04.28.19
Yellow caution tape
Coverup Underway In Police Killing Of Morehouse Man?

Are the police trying to cover up the killing of Chinedu Okobi?
by Nigel Roberts
11.19.18
Courtroom And Gavel
Girl, 10, Charged With Murder Of An Infant

A 10-year-old Wisconsin girl was charged with murder.
by NewsOne Staff
11.06.18
Nation Goes To The Polls In Contentious Presidential Election Between Hillary Clinton And Donald Trump
Official Asks Inappropiate Question To Former Felon Voting

Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis clearly crossed the line with his racist question.
by NewsOne Staff
07.07.18
Early Voting in DC: The Inmate Vote
Discriminatory Court Fees Ended

San Francisco's Board of Supervisors unanimously eliminated a range of fees charged to those exiting the criminal justice system.
by Nigel Roberts
06.20.18
View of empty corridor in prison
'Fight Clubs' At Youth Detention Facilities

A federal grand jury indicted a Miami juvenile detention facility guard for what prosecutors described as a “bounty system.”
by Nigel Roberts
04.30.18
Meek Mill In NYC
Meek Mill On His Ten Year Probation

The rapper is fighting for justice behind bars.
by NewsOne Staff
04.13.18
Cook County Jail
Question The Hype About Trump's Prison Reform Agenda

President Donald Trump mentioned that he has a prison reform agenda in his State of the Union Speech.
by Nigel Roberts
01.31.18
Cook County Jail
New Jersey Prisons Banned The Acclaimed Book 'The…

Some prisons in New Jersey have banned inmates from reading The New Jim Crow.
by Nigel Roberts
01.08.18
2017 CIF State Boys Open Division Championship - Chino Hills v Bishop Montgomery
Chinese Racism Could Factor In UCLA Shoplifting Case

Not only could the UCLA freshmen go to prison for shoplifting, racism against Black people in China could carry over…
by Bruce C.T. Wright
11.10.17
Killing In Humboldt Park Neighborhood Brings Chicago's 2017 Murder Rate To 400
Whites Who Kill Black Men Receive Less Punishment

The criminal justice system disproportionately categorizes one in six killings of Black men by Whites as justifiable homicide.
by Nigel Roberts
08.17.17
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