Posted on 03/11/2022 12:29:48 PM PST by Morgana
For the last three years, actor Jussie Smollett has been the martyring star of a long drawn-out, legal circus.
But on Friday morning, the 39-year-old woke up as inmate #20220310140, one of 6,000 convicts and suspects in the Cook County Jail, serving the first day of a 150-day sentence for lying to police.
Yesterday, Smollett - once a darling of the music and TV world for his success on the show Empire - was sentenced to 150 days in jail.
The star was convicted last year of five, felony four counts of disorderly conduct for lying to police repeatedly in January and February 2019, when he claimed he was the victim of a race hate attack.
Judge James Linn yesterday granted Smollett 'day for day' eligibility which means if he behaves himself behind bars, he will likely be released within 75 days - just over two months.
Because of the low-level, non-violent nature of Smollett's crimes, he will not serve his time in a state prison.
He is being housed instead for the two-and-a-half months in the Cook County Jail, a stone's throw from the court and one of the biggest jail complexes in the country.
He is currently being held in Division Eight - which is predominantly reserved for inmates with injuries or illness. It remains unclear if he will serve the duration of his sentence there, or if he will be moved after undergoing health checks.
Smollett will not receive visitors today. Visitation for inmates in Section 2E of Unit 8 - where records show he is now - begins tomorrow, at 2.30pm. Division 8 is what is known as a Residential Treatment Unit. It is a two-wing facility and made headlines recently for a COVID outbreak which killed three inmates.
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He will probably like getting gang banged.
After the disgraceful way the Jan. 6 arrestees have been treated, people have the nerve to whine about the conditions awaiting Smollett???
“Just Smell-it, Bro.”
But he ain’t suicidal as he’s said about 40 times....he ain’t suicidal......Lord help us.......(rolling eyes)
Imagine if he had put his feet up on Pelosi’s desk.
Ain’t that the truth?
But, Jussie will thoroughly enjoy the pony rides… where HE’s the pony…
A fag like him should love all the opportunities he’ll have in prison.
Jussie knows things.
Just sayin’.
He’ll need a case of KY jelly.
He will be in protective custody.
What is the obsession with this guy?
He looks forward to warm showers together until the wee hours of the morning
Granted, she was in the cushier federal section of the Santa Rita County jail in Dublin, CA, and he's in a Chicago jail.
-PJ
He knows that Kamala was in on it.
Probly smells like the ape house at the local zoo in there. I imagine the only place comparable would be the atmosphere inside the ISS. truly wretch worthy.
There is a chance that a white supremacist faction in lockup with him will beat his ass.
How ironic would that be!?!
He will create some other incident in jail and the inmates will beat him for it.
It would be better if it was two years but you can’t have everything.
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