Meek Mill is steadfast in his fight to improve the criminal justice system.
The REFORM Alliance, which is co-chaired by Meek, has teamed with members of the Pennsylvania House Representatives to introduce a bipartisan bill to reform the state’s probation and parole system.
Democratic Representative Jordan Harris and Republican Representative Sheryl Delozier joined Meek, Philadelphia 76ers co-owner Michael Rubin and political commentator Van Jones at the Philadelphia Municipal Services Building to unveil their legislative plans.
The proposed bill is designed to stop probationers and parolees in Pennsylvania from being stuck in the criminal justice system.
The potential legislation seeks to prevent courts from sentencing a person to consecutive probation sentences and halt extensions of a person’s time on probation or parole for not paying fines and fees. The bill aims to establish incentives to reward good behavior as well.
The proposal also strives to prevent reincarceration for testing positive for marijuana, traveling outside their jurisdiction and associating with someone with a criminal history.
“This proposed bill is the first step in changing the criminal justice system and it’s only right that we start in my home state,” Meek said in a press release. “I’ve lost too much time away from my son, my family, my friends and fans in Philly because of outdated probation laws, so I want to make sure people don’t have go through what I did.”
Rubin added, “We believe that you can significantly reduce the number of people under community supervision while keeping communities safe and that’s what we’re looking to achieve with this proposed legislation. What happened to Meek was a travesty, but I’m thrilled that we have an opportunity to right those wrongs in our home state of Pennsylvania.”
For more information on REFORM’s work, visit the alliance’s official website.
[apple_news_ad type=”any”]
Ppl on here love leaving hateful comments about Meek but never show love on post like this. He’s the face of reform bro! I’m from Philly so I’m happy as shit. Also Meek is the guy T.I was speaking about. The one ppl hate to be successful. Slavery really instilled the crab in the barrel effect on us
Not a fan of his music but I am a fan of his social activism. Shoutout to everyone involved. That legislation needs to be implemented nationwide… Be the change
Meek is really making a very solid impact on the world with this one… Not only is he making changes to a very lacking system, he is helping lead the way for people who really want to better their self or situation and do not know how… What a solid role model… The generations to come are very blessed to have such a solid example of how to elevate yourself from dismal situations and use your platform to shine light on a very dark and often broken system.
Dude is the Kanye West of Politics. A talentless Tool that let other People do the Work and then pretends he knows about Politics. Weirdo
“The proposed bill is designed to stop probationers and parolees in Pennsylvania from being stuck in the criminal justice system.” … its pretty simple really. STOP BREAKING THE LAW AND VIOLATION YOUR PROBATION ORDERS AND YOU WILL GET OFF PROBATION. Meek was out running around with felons posting pics with guns on instagram, failing multiple drug tests, dissing his P.O. and the judge and orchestrating vicious assaults on people but wants to act like hes some victim of the system. No one forced him to take probation. He could have did his lil bid like a man and been free and clear a decade ago but he cant stay out of trouble.
A large screaming autistic black man.
Nice Meek Mill
Here is a revolutionary thought… how about you just follow the law like every other rational person does? I’m not a racist but are you telling me that black people really need to fight for nore lenient probation rights as if it’s already a forgone conclusion that black people are naturally bound to end in probation as part of growing up in America? This is crazy he is a grown man who violated probation on multiple occasions, he is not a hero he is a rich guy who was able to call in favours from his rich friends to help him get out facing consequences for decisions he willingly made.
Its not about the initial act of committing a crime its about the 2nd part of probation or parole that should run concurrent instead of consecutive