On Sunday, Kodak Black’s team sent out a series of tweets on behalf of the incarcerated rapper, alleging that Kentucky correctional officers beat him while he was handcuffed Friday evening.
“We just heard from fellow inmates at Max Penitentiary Big Sandy KY in regards to @Kodakblack treatment. He couldn’t call himself as he is not allowed phone or visitation for 6 months as punishment for the incident in Miami, even though that has been the case since September,” the rapper’s team began.
https://twitter.com/kodakblack1k/status/1256936276604960770?s=21
This is not the first time Kodak has alleged abuse at the hands of correctional officers. Before being transferred to Kentucky, Kodak claimed that corrections officers at Miami Federal Detention Center in South Florida were trying to “strategically” kill him while in their custody.
https://twitter.com/kodakblack1k/status/1256936864013049856?s=21
In a follow-up tweet, Kodak’s team said the beating was carried out by seven correctional officers that they hit him in the head “repeatedly,” as one allegedly” flicked” the rapper’s genitals while questioning his gangster.
https://twitter.com/kodakblack1k/status/1256937180947189761?s=21
Kodak’s lawyer, Bradford Cohen, released a statement via Instagram, demanding a full investigation into the matter.
“I have requested that Big Sandy preserve all video and conduct a full investigation,” Cohen revealed on Instagram on Sunday. “I have also reached out to DOJ, as I feel that a 3rd party investigation needs to take place immediately. There are recordings of the witnesses that called and stated what happened to Bill. A 22-year-old man serving approx two years more for a non-violent crime is in a max pen. 1,100 miles from his family and lawyers. This is a true injustice. Not to mention when he was under the influence of an unknown substance during the Miami incident two weeks before his sentencing on the paperwork case.”
Kodak Black is serving a three-year and ten-month prison sentence on federal gun charges. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Black’s release date is scheduled for October 7, 2022.
