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Prison Cell Phone Pic Shows Inmate Beaten With A Makeshift Leash Around His Neck

CellphonePrison — Correction officials confirmed Monday that Cortez Berry, serving 8-years on a robbery charge, is the man kneeling in this photo taken at the Burruss Correctional Training Center. Officials are investigating the situation.

Disgusting.

Barbaric.

Who cares?

Those are some of the comments surrounding what appears to be a degrading image smuggled out of the Burruss Correctional Training Center in Forsyth, Ga., of an 18-year-old prisoner. In one disturbing frame, the horrors of prison life are exposed, while also revealing the prison system’s ongoing struggle to keep them free of cell phones and other contraband.

It looks like a scene from the television show “Oz.”

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10 Of The Most Notorious Drug Lords Ever

The drug game is and always was a billion dollar industry. Here’s a list compiled by The Telegraph of some of the world’s most notorious kingpins to ever “move dat dope”.

Frank Lucas AKA: “Superfly”

Country of operation: USA

Downfall: His house was raided in 1975 where more than half a million dollars-worth of cash was found at the scene. Lucas was arrested and later sentenced to 70 years in prison for over 100 drug-related convictions.

The heroin dealer and organised crime boss operated in Harlem during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Renowned for buying his supplies direct from sources in the Golden Triangle Lucas stored the goods in coffins of dead American servicemen. His career was famously dramatised in the 2007 film, American Gangster. He was portrayed by Denzel Washington.

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Charges Dropped Against Accused Cali Rapper Who Was Facing Life In Prison Over Rap Lyrics

TinyDooFree — Photo courtesy of Tiny Doo

A judge dropped charges last Monday against a San Diego rapper accused of benefitting from gang crimes because of his music, KNSD-TV reported.

Brandon Duncan, who performed as Tiny Doo, had faced life in prison if convicted of the nine felonies, which related to shootings that took place in 2013 and 2014. Duncan did not pull the trigger or have knowledge of the shootings, both sides agreed. Prosecutors instead filed charges because they said his music encouraged gang activity. Continue reading “Charges Dropped Against Accused Cali Rapper Who Was Facing Life In Prison Over Rap Lyrics”