WELL, ONE WEEK AFTER BEING
RELEASED FROM JAIL, MEEK MILL
IS SHINING SPOTLIGHT ON
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM.
THE PHILADELPHIA RAPPER IS
DRAWING ON HIS PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE, IN THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM IN HOPES OF
BRINGING ABOUT CHANGE AND AS
JOE HOLDEN EXPLAINS HE IS
JOINING FORCES WITH POLITICAL
HEAVY HITTERS.
HOW ARE YOU DOING, MAN.
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
REPORTER: CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REFORMER, MEEK MILL'S RESUME
HE WAS FREED FROM STATE PRISON
LAST WEEK.
THURSDAY MORNING HE WAS ON
TOUR.
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE
THE GOVERNOR.
REPORTER: LAWMAKERS SAY
MILL'S HIGH PROFILE CLASH WITH
THE COURTS SPOTLIGHTED
ALARMING ISSUES, WITH
PENNSYLVANIA'S CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY
THOSE WITHOUT CELEBRITY STATUS
THE OUTCRY AND THE OUTRAGE
SURROUNDING THE DETAILS OF HIS
CIRCUMSTANCES AND OUTPOURING
OF SUPPORT FOR MEEK SHE CASE
BROAD CONCERN AND EMOTION OVER
OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AS
A WHOLE.
REPORTER: JUDGE BRINKLY
SENTENCED MILL IN NOVEMBER TO
SERVE TWO TO FOUR YEARS FOR A
PROBATION VIOLATION, OVER THE
OBJECTIONS OF HIS PROBATION
OFFICERS AND EVEN THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
MILL HAD BEEN UNDER BRINKLY'S
WATCH FOR MORE THAN A DECADE.
THE GOVERNOR WANTS LEGISLATION
PASSED TO CAST SUCH LENGTHY
SUPERVISION AND USING MILL AS
AN EXAMPLE.
I DON'T THINK ANY HUMAN
BEING SHOULD BE SHACKLED FROM
TOP TO BOTTOM ANKLE TO HAND
BECAUSE THEY USED MARIJUANA OR
WAS ADDICTED TO OPIOIDS.
I THINK THERE THUD BE A CAP.
REPORTER: MEEK MILL WALK
THESE STEPS IN THE COURTHOUSE
MANY TIMES NOW, COURT A
HEARING NEXT MONTH BE THE LAST
TIME HE SEES JUDGE BRINKLY?
FROM WHAT WE'RE GATHERING HE
IS NOT EXACTLY CONFIDENT THAT
WILL BE THE CASE.
I'M NERVOUS EVERY DAY BEING
ON PROBATION.
I HAVE BEEN IN JAIL FOR FOUR
TIME FOR TECHNICAL VIOLATIONS.
I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE I COULD BE,
MY FREEDOM COULD BE TAKEN,
WALK OUTSIDE, SOMEBODY COULD
ACCUSE ME OF SOMETHING AND END
RIGHT BACKUP IN STAYS PRISON.
REPORTER: JUDGE BRINKLY HAS
NOT COMMENTED, OFFICIALS
AGREED THE DEBATE IS
COMPLICATED BUT THEIR AIM TO
END A SYSTEMIC CYCLE OF
INCARCERATION.
