Baller Alert
  • Home
    • News
    • Entertainment
    • The Baller Alert Show
    • Baller Alert Lists
    • Baller Alert Exclusives
    • Let Me Liv
    • Ballerific Music
    • That’s Baller
    • Fashion
    • Metaverse
    • Tech
    • Lifestyle
    • Sports
    • Op-Ed
    • Travel
    • Health
  • EVENTS
  • Videos
  • Shop
  • About
  • Political News
  • en español
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
    • News
    • Entertainment
    • The Baller Alert Show
    • Baller Alert Lists
    • Baller Alert Exclusives
    • Let Me Liv
    • Ballerific Music
    • That’s Baller
    • Fashion
    • Metaverse
    • Tech
    • Lifestyle
    • Sports
    • Op-Ed
    • Travel
    • Health
  • EVENTS
  • Videos
  • Shop
  • About
  • Political News
  • en español
No Result
View All Result
Baller Alert
No Result
View All Result

Taxstone Speaks Out On The Conditions In Rikers Island Amid The Coronavirus Outbreak

by Regan
April 3, 2020
Reading Time: 2 mins read
0
Taxstone Hit with New Charges for Allegedly Running Contraband Smuggling Scheme Behind Bars

Instagram

Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

The spread of the novel coronavirus is affecting everyone- everywhere, including the incarcerated, who have found the overwhelming spread of the outbreak-coupled with already declining prison conditions, to be the most dangerous combination.

Taxstone, who is currently serving time on Rikers Island, penned an open letter to reveal what prisoners are dealing with on the inside.

“I’m currently in my grave, with my eyes open, dirt up to my neck, getting dizzy as the world turns,” he wrote in a note on Twitter. “For a month now, we haven’t been allowed visits, legal or social. Understandable, considering what’s going on. But what I don’t understand is how the only people we have contact with on the outside, the correctional officers and civilians, have no protective gear, and they aren’t giving us anything to protect ourselves.”

According to Complex, the rapper and social media personality, shared his note to let the public know that not much is being done for prisoners during this crisis.

Taxstone said that while he knows some people are being released from prison due to the pandemic-others are not. “I see head of corrections stating not to release people charged with murder, rape or robbery…like it’s ok for THEM die,” he wrote.

The former host of the popular podcast Tax Season also detailed how inmates are coping with devastating news from the outside.  He detailed a story of an inmate in a neighboring cell who was told his mother passed away from COVID-19. That particular inmate was jailed for a 3-month parole violation and was even held an extra month because of the pandemic.

“The moral code that they have written and are now breaking goes against all codes of humanity, in the middle of a global pandemic.” Taxstone continued, “We’re being raped of our rights of being innocent until proven guilty, and being left on an island to be murdered by this uncontrolled serial killer called COVID-19. They don’t even care about the correctional officers. We’re all just a check at the end of the day, in one of the industries that are still intact during this global pandemic. The correction officers have families too, you think they want to catch something and bring it home to their families? Of course not!”

Tax has been incarcerated since 2017, after pleading guilty to federal gun charges, following a 2016 shooting in New York where a rival rapper’s bodyguard died.

Taxstone Talks Rikers Islanda
Instagram

Share this:

  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest

Like this:

Like Loading...

Discover more from Baller Alert

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

Tags: CoroanvirusRikers IslandTax SeasonTaxstone

Related Posts

“Ma” Sequel in the Works with Octavia Spencer Returning
News

Octavia Spencer Is Bringing “Ma” Back—Yes, She’s Still Crazy

June 4, 2025

It’s official. Octavia Spencer is stepping back into her creepy party-hosting role in a sequel to Blumhouse’s hit thriller “Ma.”...

Bryana Bongolan recounts terrifying moment at Cassie’s L.A. apartment during Diddy's sex trafficking trial
News

“He Lifted Me Over the Balcony!” — Diddy Accused of Nearly Dropping Woman From 17 Floors Up

June 4, 2025

The disturbing details keep pouring out of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial, and the latest testimony has left the...

Jessie J - Selfie
News

Jessie J Reveals Early Breast Cancer Diagnosis

June 4, 2025

Jessie J is letting know that she’s been diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer. In a heartfelt Instagram video shared on...

#image_title
News

Texas Man Arrested for Trespassing at Mar-a-Lago, Says He Wanted to Marry Trump’s Granddaughter, Kai

June 4, 2025

A Texas man was taken into custody early Tuesday after allegedly trespassing at Mar-a-Lago, claiming he wanted to “spread the...

Next Post
Donald Trump on Stimulus

The Trump Organization Has Asked To Delay Their Loan Payments Due To Coronavirus

Leave a ReplyCancel reply

Baller News

Subscribe To Our Newsletter

* indicates required

Follow Us

Subscribe to Blog

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

© Copyright 2024, Baller Alert Inc. All Rights Reserved

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
    • News
    • Entertainment
    • The Baller Alert Show
    • Baller Alert Lists
    • Baller Alert Exclusives
    • Let Me Liv
    • Ballerific Music
    • That’s Baller
    • Fashion
    • Metaverse
    • Tech
    • Lifestyle
    • Sports
    • Op-Ed
    • Travel
    • Health
  • EVENTS
  • Videos
  • Shop
  • About
  • Political News
  • en español
%d