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Mill Tells Holt \u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/em>\u201c<\/span><\/strong>Something is Not Working\u201d with U.S. Justice System <\/span><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

Broadcast Features Exclusive Access of Mill’s Release from Prison<\/span><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cDreams and Nightmares: The Meek Mill Story\u201d Airs Sunday, May 6<\/span><\/b><\/em> at 7 p.m. ET\/PT, 6 p.m. CT.<\/span><\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

May 2, 2018 – In his first television interview since being released from prison, rapper Meek Mill tells NBC News\u2019 Lester Holt: \u00a0\u201cI think we always been divided in America where it’s always black and white. I don\u2019t really call it black and white.\u00a0A lot of black people are in prison, a lot of Spanish men are in prison. A lot of these laws and policies are made to keep most of these minorities trapped forever.\u201d \u00a0Mill adds, \u201cI had eight years of probation that turned to 16 years of probation. Something is not working. I’m still doing time for that case.\u201d To watch the preview, click here<\/a>, and the transcript of the excerpt is provided below.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mill\u2019s sit-down with Holt, just one day after leaving prison, airs this Sunday, May 6 at 7 p.m. ET\/PT, 6 p.m. CT., as part of a one-hour Dateline titled \u201cDreams and Nightmares: The Meek Mill Story.\u201d The interview is Holt\u2019s second with Mill in the past few weeks. The two men first spoke in April by phone while Mill was still behind bars: https:\/\/nbcnews.to\/2qVdlOx<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s broadcast features exclusive access to Mill\u2019s release, including footage of the rapper flying on a chopper with Philadelphia\u00a076ers\u00a0co-owner Michael Rubin moments after leaving prison. Holt also speaks with Rubin, as well as Mill\u2019s mother Kathy Williams and his sister Nasheema Williams. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative Bryan Stevenson, and Mill\u2019s lawyers are among the several other voices featured.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDreams and Nightmares: The Meek Mill Story\u201d explores many controversies surrounding the criminal justice system, including the parole system, possible wrongful convictions, challenges faced by law enforcement, alleged police abuse and the disadvantages of growing up poor and black in America. Mill\u2019s story has propelled some of the biggest names in sports and entertainment to help galvanize millions of people to call for a change in the criminal justice system.\u00a0The program is produced by Dan Slepian and senior producer Paul Ryan. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Interview Excerpt:<\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

MEEK MILL: I think we always been divided in America where it’s always black and white. I don\u2019t really call it black and white. A lot of black people are in prison, a lot of Spanish men are in prison. A lot of these laws and policies are made to keep most of these minorities trapped forever. I had eight years of probation that turned to 16 years of probation. Something is not working. I’m still doing time for that case.<\/span><\/p>\n

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