C-Homicide Retains Civil Rights Lawyer Benjamin Crump, On Starvation Strike Over Jail Situations

Corey Miller, the jailed rapper better known as C-Murder, recently made headlines for going on a hunger strike due to the condition of his prison. C-Murder has now expanded its legal team to include civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump.

The rapper, brother of hip-hop entrepreneur Master P, recently announced on his Instagram account that he is going on a hunger strike to protest conditions at the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in Louisiana. He is currently serving a life sentence for a murder he allegedly did not commit.

“HUNGER STRIKE PROTEST COVID 19 Deaths in Louisiana Prison and Neglect of the Terminally Ill”

According to BRProud, Crump released a statement along with attorney Ronald Haley Jr. after taking C-Murder as a client:

“Nobody in the state of Louisiana is doomed to contract COVID-19 or die from it. There are far too many people who are inappropriately at risk from existing illnesses and old age and who will suffer or die from the spread of COVID-19 and the Delta variant. There is no form of justice that should allow such neglect of the health and safety of detainees.

“Mr. Miller pledges his innocence and we are working diligently with his legal defense team to rescue him, but in the meantime we are monitoring conditions at Elayn Hunt and are considering legal action. We stand by Mr. Miller and everyone in detention who fear losing their lives to the pandemic and the inhumanity of the prison system. We demand that the Department of Corrections act immediately. “

“Since the beginning of COVID-19, they have continued to put inmates who tested positive for the virus into the dormitories with inmates who were COVID-19 negative,” C-Murder said in a press release. “Not only did this spread the virus, it also caused unusually long quarantine times. The COVID-19 positive inmates are initially put into a two week quarantine period, but the prison adds new positive inmates to the dorm every day, which then extends the quarantine period by two weeks each day as they add a new case.