The Associated Press reports that when Clifford “T.I.” Harris [click to read] reports to the Forrest City low-security prison on May 26, the award-winning rapper, actor and businessman will serve what will amount to a two-month stint. Initial reports stated the “King of the South” would serve 366 days in prison for multiple weapons charges [click to read]. The reduced sentence was due to a special deal which called for T.I. to remain on home confinement and complete a series of community service programs, including an MTV series.
Fellow artists such as 50 Cent and Mysonne leveled allegations of snitching and secret deals with prosecutors [click to read], which T.I. vehemently denied. Officials say T.I. will receive no preferential treatment, and he will face three years probation as well as a $100,000 fine upon his release.
“Unless there are custody or security concerns, all incoming inmates are placed in general population,” said R.D. Weeks, a spokesman for the prison. If T.I. would have been convicted on all of the weapons charges he was initially charged with, he would have faced a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison as well as $250,000 for each charge in his three-count indictment from 2007 [click to read].
