Everything started when a famous singer Lauren Hill has written to her fans from prison, where she is serving a three-month sentence for tax evasion.
Hill began her sentence at the beginning of July in a federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut. Inmates at the minimum security prison live in open, barrack-style dormitories and are expected to work jobs such as maintenance, food catering and landscaping.
In 2012, Hill pleaded guilty to failing to pay taxes on more than £1.16 million ($1.8 million) earned from 2005 to 2007. Sentencing also took into account unpaid state and federal taxes from 2008 and 2009, bringing to the total earnings to around £1.5 million ($2.3 million).
