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Atlanta - Grammy Award-winning rapper T.I. has been released from a federal prison and will spend the next month in a residential transition facility.
The Atlanta entertainer, whose real name is Clifford Harris, was sentenced in October 2010 to serve 11 months in prison for violating the terms of his probation after he was arrested on suspicion of possessing the drug ecstasy.
In 2007 T.I. faced a possible 30 years in prison on federal gun charges after he was arrested the same day he was due to have starred at the Black Entertainment Television Awards, where he had been nominated for a series of honours.
A judge eventually sentenced him to just one year in jail after he pleaded guilty and agreed to do 1 000 hours of community service, warning young people about the dangers of drugs and gangs - work for which he was widely praised.
Typical
Federal prisoners typically spend the last portion of their sentences in Residential Reentry Centers, formerly called halfway houses, said prisons spokesperson Edmond Ross.
Prisoners normally are assigned to centres in or near their hometowns, he said.
T.I.'s career began as a rapper in 2001 but he then branched out into other areas of the music and film industry, finding success both as a producer and actor.
The Atlanta entertainer, whose real name is Clifford Harris, was sentenced in October 2010 to serve 11 months in prison for violating the terms of his probation after he was arrested on suspicion of possessing the drug ecstasy.
In 2007 T.I. faced a possible 30 years in prison on federal gun charges after he was arrested the same day he was due to have starred at the Black Entertainment Television Awards, where he had been nominated for a series of honours.
A judge eventually sentenced him to just one year in jail after he pleaded guilty and agreed to do 1 000 hours of community service, warning young people about the dangers of drugs and gangs - work for which he was widely praised.
Typical
Federal prisoners typically spend the last portion of their sentences in Residential Reentry Centers, formerly called halfway houses, said prisons spokesperson Edmond Ross.
Prisoners normally are assigned to centres in or near their hometowns, he said.
T.I.'s career began as a rapper in 2001 but he then branched out into other areas of the music and film industry, finding success both as a producer and actor.
