UPDATED 6/29, 5:24 p.m. ET: A spokesperson for the Bureau of Prisons responded to Complex’s request for information about Bankroll Freddie’s claims. While he said that the Bureau “does not discuss specific security practices or conditions of confinement for any individual,” he did provide a broad comment.
“As a general matter, the BOP and FCC Yazoo City take seriously our duty to protect all individuals entrusted to our custody, as well as maintain the safety of correctional employees and the community,” the spokesperson said. “As part of that obligation, we review safety protocols and implement corrective actions when identified as necessary in those reviews to ensure that our mission of operating safe, secure, and humane facilities is fulfilled.”
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Bankroll Freddie has expressed how upset he is with the conditions in the federal prison where he's being held.
The Arkansas rapper (real name Freddie Gladney III), who is currently serving a 150-month sentence following his conviction in 2024 on gun and drug charges, posted on Instagram in the early morning hours of Sunday (June 28) to protest the "cruel and unusual punishment" he says he’s being subjected to at FCI Yazoo City Low in Mississippi.
Freddie claimed that he's been on 23-hour lockdown since mid-April, despite the fact that the disciplinary charge that got him moved there in the first place was expunged within weeks.
He alleged that "staff are stealing food from the kitchen," thus ensuring that inmates can’t eat "proper meals." "The entire complex is corrupt," he said. "We need help. What is happening here amounts to cruel and unusual punishment."
The Quality Control rapper then told a story of an inmate whose medical complaints were ignored, and who subsequently died of a brain aneurysm. "All we deal with is conflict with correctional officers," he claimed.
In his post, Gladney mentioned a former Yazoo City guard, "Whistleblower" Fred Chambliss, who has spoken out about conditions at the prison. Chambliss began working at the prison in 2012, and complained to authorities there about not receiving overtime pay. He sued and won, but was eventually placed on paid administrative leave and terminated in 2023.
You can see a 2025 interview with Chambliss about the Yazoo City prison below.
Bankroll Freddie is currently appealing his conviction. His argument has multiple bases, including a protest over how the prosecution used his lyrics and videos. The case was argued in front of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals back in January. No decision has yet been made. His current release date is May 18, 2033.
Complex has reached out to the rapper's lawyer, the BOP, and Yazoo City Low for comment. None have responded as of publishing.
