A&E Networks announced on Thursday (February 24) that they had greenlit an upcoming four-part docu-series titled Exposing Parchman. The series will follow JAY-Z, Yo Gotti and Roc Nation’s philanthropic branch Team Roc after they spearheaded a civil rights lawsuit alongside the 29 inmates of Mississippi’s notorious Parchman Prison. The doc will follow the inmates and rappers as they undergo lengthy efforts to reform the corrupt Mississippi Department of Corrections.
The documentary comes after Parchman Prison made national headlines in December 2019 for its high death toll and rampant neglect of the inmate’s basic human needs. The series will follow the developing legal case and will delve further into Parchman’s longstanding history of corruption and abuse.
Desiree Perez, the CEO of Roc Nation, said in a statement that Team Roc, “launched a fight to put a stop to the literal death sentences imposed on inmates through the inhumane, violent, and torturous conditions created by Parchman prison officials. We are honored to develop this series with A&E, Good Caper and ITV to continue to make sure the atrocities and history of Parchman are top of mind on a national stage.”
“A&E has the privilege to partner with Roc Nation to tell the truly urgent story of Parchman Prison as we continue our commitment to impactful programming,” Elaine Frontain Bryant, Executive Vice President and Head of Programming for A&E, said in a statement. “The series is emblematic of larger issues within the U.S. criminal justice system, and we hope it spurs desperately needed awareness both at Parchman Prison, and nationwide.”
On behalf of Team Roc, Roc Nation attorney Alex Spiro filed their first suit against the Mississippi Department of Corrections in January of 2020, citing the recent deaths of multiple inmates as “a direct result of Mississippi’s utter disregard for the people it has incarcerated and their constitutional rights.”
The second suit, filed in February 2020, represented 152 inmates and demanded the “barbaric” conditions at Parchman be addressed immediately.
A release date for the docu-series has yet to be announced.
Next expose BLM!
That’s nice and all, but where was this same support for Kodak when he was talking about the abuse he was suffering at Big Sandy Penitentiary.
Right and let’s not forget the Kalief Browder case where the young man committed suicide from the abuse he received no on listened when it was happening he was just another young black man in the system nobody that could do anything about cared until it was profitable , his mother the only one who wanted to help him died from the stress she didn’t have the means to help him . Well it’s still a lot of Browders in the system .So sorry for all you been through my prayers go out to you .
Noone cares lol we got bills to pay we dgaf about some criminals
That’s the problem they’re all not criminals
And if they are human beings shouldn’t be treated like animals it’s now illegal to abuse animals so it’s not acceptable , then you have young people in there subjected to who knows what because these jail are not properly maintained, it’s ran by the true criminals and stupidity and no one benefits not the guilty nor innocent and the supposedly law biding citizen in the wrong neighborhood, as you say you don’t gaf well that’s your personal demon I guess you can’t imagine you or anyone you care about being in that situation , continue on with your carefree life.
I was there also unlivable conditions camp 29 it was the worst thing I ever been thur no food for weeks no heat no water I Thank God I made it out alive.
My name is Walter Dearman I was in parchman in 1994-1999 the doctors the said I had cancer they sit me up to see a doctor Benny Wright he said I had lung cancer in November 17 1994 they put me in bolvar county hospital they took out two lopes of my right lung and I didn’t have cancer I tried to sue back then but the only thing I got was 60 more days added on they put me in unit 29 where I laid with no kind of medication for pain laid there got up sicker and almost died so I’m glad to hear you are doing something to bring out what guys have to do to stay alive
I just join, I was in prison in Florida, I seen lot, but it’s one thing if you don’t have some one on the outside that’s there for you., that’s not scared and willing to help and want give up until something is done about , then no one is going to believe you. My name is Theresa Mcgriff I live in Fort Myers Florida , born and raised here in a little town call Harlem Heights very laid back family type of town.
I worked at Parchman for 10 years and 4 months and majority of those years were at Unit 29. I can say to that the living conditions were bad at the camp, but not because of the people running it. I witnessed time and time again how the inmates are the ones responsible for the living conditions. I see inmates destroying everything from the paint, cinder blocks, electrical sockets, cell door locks and mechanisms, windows, window screens, day rooms, bars, water fountains, showers, light fixtures and whatever else you name. They done it all trying to hide contraband and to make weapons (shanks). The inmates used to go to work out in the fields and plant and harvest crops. Food that they ate. Yes it may have seemed like slavery, but I tell you that they needed to go out and work. This expanded energy and most inmates just wanted to go back to the Unit to shower and relax for the night. When it was cut out the inmates had too much time on the hands being stuck inside with no work. All they had time for was to destroy to building, harass staff and other inmates, and find ways to do something illegal. I’ve seen it all so Roc Nation needs to hear the whole truth and not just one side of it.
If they don’t get Ga Penn they slipping fr we suffering very badly over sentence and all Quickest place to die no officers at all
JZ should have made peace between Dolph and Gotti….Do a doc on that.. weird
jayz a snitch
Yes I was incarcerated at parchment approximately 9 months ago inside the same house and unit that was shut down by the roc Nation dealing with the inhumane living conditions from the water to the way did they treat you by the staff to when it rains flooding the unsanitary living conditions with no sanitation are done I’m curly living in Indianola Mississippi and sunflower county so if it’s anyone that needs the proper insight on what was going on with somebody that actually did time now and dealing with those conditions and let me know
There’s so much of that going on in every state, so much injustice for black men and woman.
I have a situation within my own family a young who’s been incarcerated for three years and it seems the court appointed lawyer is working with the da office leaving another feeling hopeless a sad cry for help and no one with the means to help , thus corruption must stop!!! May I also add he’s been exonerated and all he received was a transfer from rikers to a upstate facility , I had access to several letters as I’m reading them it just seems like another victim of the system
If you need people to talk about the living conditions that was really there I was in 2019 an have pictures an everything thats if you need people for the documentary