Lauryn Hill In Prison For Tax Evasion! What Did Ex-Fugees Singer Eat Her First Night In Jail?

Lauryn Hill made her millions in 1998 with her multi-platinum album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, but Hill is now having a re-education in prison after being convicted of tax evasion. Hill was sentenced to three months in jail for tax evasion and yesterday marked her first night at a minimum security Federal Correctional Institute in Danbury, Connecticut. TMZ reported that the prison food may not be as bad as one would expect since Hill had a barbeque meal for her first night.

The gossip site reported that the menu included “tasty barbeque pork with a side of carrots, peas and sweet potatoes.” The available drink options included a selection of juices or milk. Whether or not she liked the food is unclear, but Hill better get used to it since she will be there until October. The singer will also be required to hold down a job within the prison that could include cleaning, helping in the educational department or working in the religious services department. At the end of the day, she will return to her dorm-style quarters that are shared with five other inmates.

 

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Hill failed to file tax returns from 2005-2007 and owed a staggering $1.8 million in unpaid taxes, but the singer claimed that extreme circumstances kept her from playing Uncle Sam. “[Paying taxes] only stopped when it was necessary to withdraw from society, in order to guarantee the safety and well-being of my family.” Hill’s attorney also asked for mercy, citing her charity work on behalf of needy children and attempts to pay off the taxes before sentencing. Unfortunately, the request fell on deaf ears; Asst. U.S. Atty. Sandra Moser called Hill’s explanations “a parade of excuses,” although the three month sentence is much kinder than three years Hill could have potentially received.

Before arriving to prison, Hill vented on her Tumblr page by calling the IRS a “derivative system” of the “institution of slavery and colonialism.” She said that she “got into these very circumstances having to deal with the very energies of inequity and resistance that created and perpetuated these savage inequalities.”

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Once Hill is released from prison, she will be placed on house arrest for three months immediately afterwards as part of her one-year probation sentence.