A Christmas miracle. Meek Mill posted the bail of a number of girls final week so they might spend the vacation with their households.
In keeping with an Instagram submit by his nonprofit REFORM Alliance, the 20 girls have been incarcerated at Philadelphia’s Riverside Correctional Facility. “The ladies, who have been unable to afford bail, will now have the ability to spend the vacation season with their households and family members,” learn the caption. “5 girls have been launched as we speak and will probably be reunited with their households, with the purpose of 15 extra girls being launched within the coming week. The ladies may even every obtain a present card to buy groceries or items for the holidays.”
“For households impacted by the prison justice system, the vacations will be a particularly difficult time,” stated the rapper in a press release. “Nobody ought to need to spend the vacations in jail just because they’ll’t afford bail, and no baby needs to be with out their dad and mom throughout this time if we are able to do one thing about it. I’m grateful for the chance to assist these girls be with their households and family members throughout this particular time of yr.”
Posting bail isn’t the one good deed Mill carried out throughout this vacation season. Earlier in December, he visited the Philadelphia Eagles’ follow facility to spend time with children whose households are ensnared within the prison justice system, tossing a soccer round to the cheers of the assembled youngsters.
The Philly native’s break up from Roc Nation Administration was additionally addressed by his pal — and REFORM co-founder — Jay-Z this summer season in his four-minute verse on DJ Khaled’s star-studded single “God Did,” through which Hov insisted “Me and Meek might by no means beef.”
This story first appeared on Billboard.com.
