As some of you are aware, I have written about DMX in the past. I wrote about him to make a larger point about the crisis in mental health in the black community.

Well DMX is back in the news again. He has been arrested for violating the terms of his probation. I would like someone to use DMX as THE POSTER CHILD for why prisons do not work. It is obvious that the man has mental health and substance abuse issues. Prison does not solve these issues. It exacerbates them. Below is a report about his latest troubles. Watch this and I defy you not to feel furious at the f-upped criminal legal system as well as deep compassion for this troubled man.