Josh Wolf released; party tonight

SFGate: NWZCHIK ^ | 4/3/7 | Marisa Lagos

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Videographer and blogger Josh Wolf was released from prison today around 2:30 p.m.

Outside jail this afternoon, Wolf said he was looking forward to eating pizza and drinking beer, as well as shaving his beard and changing his clothes. He said it was easy to lose track of the time in prison -- though he did count. (It was 224 or 225 days in all.)

Speaking to reporters (including Jim Herron Zamora from the Chronicle), Wolf said he had read 50 books while in custody and wants to set up program so inmates can blog by sending letters to friends outside prison.

Now that he's out, Wolf said he wants to work on stories that "expose the federal prison system," and lobby for a federal shield law for jounalists. He said he will continue to videotape protests and that he has no regrets about the current case.

Wolf had kind words for his fellow inmates, however, saying he expected prison to be like "war zone" but met lots of interesting people. He said everybody his in pod cheered when it was announced on television today that he was being released. He said other inmates could understand "that I didn't want to be an informant for the government. They get it"

Wolf will hold a press conference at 5 p.m. today outside San Francisco City Hall.

Friends will throw an impromptu party for Wolf at the House of Shields tonight at 6.

For background on the case, check out our earlier blog entry.

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Josh Wolf smiles as he gets out of a car to talk to the media outside the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin.

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224 days in jail and all he is looking forward to is eating pizza and drinking beer?