Rapper Meek Mill posted bail for 20 jailed women so they could spend the holidays with their loved ones

• Rapper Meek Mill paid bail for 20 women to spend the holidays at home with their loved ones.
• At least five of the women have already been released, with 15 more releases expected to come.

Rapper Meek Mill has paid bail for 20 women so that they can spend the holiday season with their loved ones, according to Reform Alliance, a non-profit organization he helped found.

Five women have already been released and the goal is for another 15 to be released in the coming week, the organization said in an Instagram post on Saturday.

The woman had been incarcerated at Riverside Correctional Facility in Philadelphia, and they will also be given a gift card to purchase groceries or gifts for the holidays, Reform said.

It is not clear how much Mill spent posting bail for the women.

"For families impacted by the criminal justice system, the holidays can be an extremely challenging time. No one should have to spend the holidays in jail simply because they can't afford bail, and no child should be without their parents during this time if we can do something about it," Mill said in a statement in the Instagram post.

"I'm grateful for the opportunity to help these women be with their families and loved ones during this special time of year."

Reform Alliance was founded by Mill, alongside rapper Jay-Z and other business and sports leaders, in 2019 in response to Mill's 2017 sentencing of two to four years in prison for doing wheelies on a dirt bike, which authorities said violated the terms of his parole.

"It was devastating for me to be away from my son during the holidays when I was incarcerated, so I understand what these women and their families are going through," Mill said in another Instagram post by the nonprofit.

The organization works to reform probation and parole in order to stop people being "trapped in a revolving door from probation/parole to prison," according to its website.