The 'Mixed Personalities' emcee claims he's stripped off his privileges to use a phone and is being 'mistreated' ever since a new captain has taken over the jail two weeks ago.
- Dec 12, 2022
AceShowbiz - YNW Melly feels he's not safe in jail. The "Murder on My Mind" rhymer says he fears for his life after being beaten and "harassed" by jail deputies, who allegedly also "threatened" him "physically" while he is awaiting trial for a double-murder case.
The 23-year-old opened up about his dire condition behind bars in two Instagram posts shared on Monday, December 12. In one of the lengthy captions, he wrote, "As of this moment today I am officially in fear of my life. A new Captain named Hubert and XO Jenkins have taken over the jail for two weeks now and have handed out even harsher punishments for me then the previous ones in place."
Melly particularly complained about the alleged mistreatment he's received as he's not allowed to use a phone. "Since December 1 I have been moved and housed on a unit that holds 24 inmates at once. I am the only inmate being housed on the vacant unit, with no phone privilege, no television and no access to a newspaper," he shared.
The Gifford native went on detailing, "They are watching my every move on camera making sure I don't use the phone to tell the world how I am being mistreated, discriminated, threatened physically, harassed. When I come out of my cell for the 1 hour a day, all other inmates in the adjoining dorms must go back in there cell."
Melly claimed he's been "subjected to cruel and unusual treatment at the hands of deputies and high-ranking staff of the Broward Sheriffs Office." He added, "I have been threatened by Deputies, Lieutenants and Sergeants that say 'they will hide me from the world' and threaten to 'beat my a** everyday and if I tell my lawyers they will lie and say I hit them first.' " He worries that they will beat him "[half] to death like they do to other inmates almost daily here at the main jail in Broward County."
In the second post, Melly penned, "I cant call my family or lawyers to notify them if I have been beaten or harassed. They say my phone privileges are taken permanently because all of the infractions over the last seven months. THAT IS A LIE."
"Why am I the ONLY inmate on a unit by themselves BLOCKED from any human interaction?" he demanded answers. "There are inmates here, that have been convicted, of orchestrating robberies over the jail phone and another who planned an escape from jail that was carried out over the jail phone, they are still allowed to use the phone after committing serious crimes and security threats to the facility. But my phone privileges are taken indefinitely for violating a harmless phone policy that carries a punishment of 30 days max!!!"
"I am housed and surrounded in the care of power struck deputies and captains of high authority that even have told me to my face that 'they don't like me' and 'I pissed them off'," the "Mixed Personalities" rhymer added. He begs to be moved to another jail until his trial as he feels "not safe in the hands of these people especially if the highest in command in the jail 'doesn't like me'." He argued, "I am in fear of my life. My family is in fear of my life. I can not do another day here."
Melly and Cortlen "YNW Bortlen" Henry were arrested and charged in 2019 with two counts of first-degree murder each. They are accused of fatally shooting 20-year-old Christopher "YNW Juvy" Thomas Jr. and 21-year-old Anthony "YNW Sakchaser" Williams in October 2018 and staging the scene to look like a drive-by shooting.
In November, Florida's District Court of Appeal overruled Judge Andrew Siegel's decision to block prosecutors from seeking death penalty. Melly's attorney Philip R. Horowitz said he and his client were "disappointed in the ruling" and were looking "forward to our opportunity to argue our position before the justices."
