“These deaths are a direct result of Mississippi’s utter disregard for the people it has incarcerated and their constitutional rights,” according to the lawsuit.
“As Mississippi has incarcerated increasing numbers of people, it has dramatically reduced its funding of prisons,” the lawsuit added. Jay-Z’s suit also claims that the lack of funding “forces people held in Mississippi’s prison to live in squalor, endangering their physical and mental health.”
The lawsuit accuses Mississippi prisons of subjecting inmates to flooding, raw sewage, black mold, rat infestations, lack of running water and no electricity.
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