My father was granted release on parole today, after more than 40 years in prison! 

control the narrative of the news media. The only reason people know how bad the situation was at Parchman Prison in Mississippi was over the summer was because some of the inmates got a hold of a cellphone and they went live on Facebook to show the world the deplorable living
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conditions they are being subjected to. The prison is outdated and falling apart around them, their cells are flooded with water from the pipes leaking, there is toxic mold growing in most of the cells and let's not forget about the deceased inmate that the guards just allowed to
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stay in the cell for several days until the guards finally decided to do something about it. Yes they may be inmates and that is their punishment but they are still human beings and shouldn't be punished even further than incarceration by being subjected to deplorable living
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