Some of the country’s top sports and entertainment figures are teaming up to reform the nation’s justice system ... and Brooklyn is well represented.
One of the Nets co-owners and Brooklyn’s own Jay-Z have joined with rapper Meek Mill and the owners of the 76ers, Michael Rubin, and Patriots, Robert Kraft, to form the Reform Alliance, which will lobby to change state probation and parole laws around the country. Van Jones, an Obama White House official and CNN host, will be the group’s CEO.
The program, with a $50 million budget, was unveiled Wednesday.