As T.I. is approaching his jail sentence next month,  I wondered how he would survive in jail with him being famous and all. I am picturing the correction officers asking him for his autograph while he is in his cell (sort of like the movie “Hustle and Flow”). But seriously, how are celebrities treated when they are doing their time?

T.I. gives his tips of survival while doing his year and a half time in jail. He’s not new to this at all, so check out how he’s going to survive while he’s in the clink:

“You stay to yourself as much as possible,” he says. “Speak when spoken to. And just mind your business. You ain’t there to make friends. You ain’t there to join in on the jailhouse games. You just there to do your time and go home.” So how will he get through each day? “Well, that depends on the facility. Some luxuries are available in some facilities that aren’t available in others. Some facilities have a TV, but you can’t watch it ’cause cats in there wild out so much. I’ll read the Bible a lot. Biographies, magazines. I don’t really read fiction. I read for information, rather than for entertainment. I’ll talk on the phone a lot. I’ll spend a whole day on the phone, checkin’ on what’s goin’ on, makin’ sure things are taken care of. Ain’t a lot to do.” He says his fame won’t really make much of a difference: “People are in awe at times about who I am. I can’t believe I’m in here with T.I., but that usually goes away in about three, four days. After so long, everybody just inmates.” (source)

That’s all good, but I hope that the other inmates don’t have to see this when he is in the shower. He could hide some contraband down there!

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