Despite his celebrity status, Young Thug isn’t getting any special treatment behind bars.
Last week, the Atlanta rapper’s attorney, Brian Steel, filed a motion for an emergency bond hearing in his RICO case, describing the conditions at Cobb County Jail — where his client is currently being held — as “inhumane” and “torturous.”
Steel claimed Thugger is being held in total isolation in a windowless cell with an overhead light that stays on 24 hours a day, preventing him from getting proper sleep. Furthermore, Thug is allegedly not being allowed to bathe, exercise or interact with other inmates, while his meals comprise of trays of “inedible” food.
Steel argues the “dungeon-like” conditions violate Thug’s Constitutional rights — in particular, the 8th and 14th Amendments, which prohibit states from inflicting cruel and unusual punishment.
However, jail officials beg to differ. Cobb County Jail invited a WSB-TV news crew inside the facility on Tuesday (May 17) to refute Young Thug’s attorney’s claims and show off what they call an “above-board jail.”
“This would be the typical cell for this area,” Col. Temetris Atkins said as he gave the news crew a tour of Thug’s cell. “The purpose of today was to let the community know that we’re not doing anything that we don’t want them to see. We’re running an above-board jail, and we want anybody and everybody to know that.”
Another jail official offered a sassier response to Thug’s complaints: “This is a jail, it is a detention center. It’s not the Ritz-Carlton, so you have to recognize that.” According to jail officials, the rapper is being held in isolation for his own safety due to his celebrity profile.
Young Thug was arrested on May 9 as part of a sweeping, 56-count RICO indictment against his Young Slime Life (YSL) collective, who prosecutors claim are a “criminal street gang” behind a string of violent crimes, including the 2015 murder of 26-year-old Donovan Thomas Jr.
Thug (real name Jeffrey Williams) has been charged with conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act and one count of participation in criminal street gang activity. Fellow YSL rapper Gunna, who turned himself in on May 11, faces one count of conspiracy to violate the RICO Act.
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Just days after his arrest, the 30-year-old rapper was hit with an additional seven felonies after police discovered several drugs and guns at his Atlanta home. Among them: possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and possession of firearm during commission of a felony.
Young Thug was denied bond relating to those felony charges after a judge declared him a flight risk. He is due in court for his emergency bond hearing in the RICO case on Monday (May 23).
you know how rich he is
i never been to jail… i didnt get caught like thug lol so gangster
Then just pray the feds don’t look at this site and find ya lol
It’s home now so better get use to it. No more dresses for you.
Be the easiest time that guy does he’s gay as shit and they’ll be plenty of people wanting to poke him in the butt
I thought these guys would be living like goodfellas in prison? Aren’t they big time street dudes? Where is that birdman money? *Rubs hands*
They’re fake they’re stupid and deserve to go to jail
Shut the fuck up and do your time same way everyone else does yeah if you’re white it may be a little bit easier but all in all it’s still fucking time
I thought these guys were drug lords and ran the streets? Should be living like goodfellas in prison…Where is that birdman money?
Money can’t buy you that. You get that from being white with money. This is America.
Facts!!!
Great to be white
Well, he did the crimes and bragged about them repeatedly. He has at least 10 years to think about it. Wait until he gets transferred to a prison with REAL organized crime and racketeers. SMH. That dress shit sure was a horrible idea in retrospect.
You do realize rappers lie a lot you do know that right or you just the type that believes everything you hear
The Feds have a 97% conviction rate. They wouldn’t be locking him up on some shit he lied in his raps about
The fact you think the 97% conviction rate validates the feds is hilarious.
this is not a fed case.it is state rico case
let the mf’er rot
Why?
Cuz he black das why
Now your food getting 1st class treatment. Extra spitty
I’ve been to Cobb County. Fulton County is much worse. He’s actually lucky. This is some “do whatever you have to, to get me out of here “.
All ?…
Cobb county jail fucked up too.
Not as bad as Fulton but still fucked up. That shit does not look like the image they’re showing.
Hey happy belated birthday……Jayson (anonymous)
That 24 hr light shit is torture.
been to prison dude, you wrap a t shirt around your eyes and problem solved. guys just a bitch
The dude is putting hits out on people while complaining that the prison conditions are violating his rights lol fuck outta here.
Jail is inhumane. It is cruel and unusual punishment to be locked in a cell. It violates our constitutional rights. I have been wrongfully arrested and held in a cobb county cell. It was torture. Free thug and Gunna. We will sue you all and win.