T.I. enters halfway house in Atlanta

Fresh out of prison, T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, arrived at the Dismas Charities West halfway house in Atlanta yesterday morning in a customized tour bus hours after being released from a federal prison in Arkansas where he served 10 months for violating his probation.

The 30-year-old rapper will serve out the remaining 30 days of his 11 month sentence at the same halfway house he moved into following his previous prison stint in 2009.

The halfway house is within walking distance of the Fulton County Airport, aka Charlie Brown airport.

According to a former resident of the halfway house, the facility houses about 120 male inmates and 20 females.

After being processed into the facility, T.I. will likely be allowed to leave the halfway house during the days on a work pass. Every day until his release, he will clock in at a local recording studio where he will work on his upcoming album. His curfew will likely be 10:30 p.m. on weeknights and 11:30 p.m. on weekends. Same as last time, he will be required to fork over 25% of his income to the halfway house.

If you recall, Sandrarose.com landed an exclusive interview with an industry veteran who happened to be staying at the halfway house in December 2009 when T.I. checked in the last time.

With the help of a well-connected industry Diva, we were able to speak by phone to rapper Bow Wow’s homie, Bart, who was finishing up his federal time at the halfway house.

Just like on his Twitter page, “Bart” was extremely candid and forthcoming about what T.I. should expect during his stay in 2009. In fact, Bart’s candor got him into a little hot water with the staff at the Dismas Charities West facility.

On December 22, 2009, we wrote:

Bart, who managed rapper T. Waters, a So So Def artist, said T.I. probably won’t be able to leave on work release until after the New Year. But even then, he’s not allowed to work for himself or for his family. So he can’t work for Grand Hustle or any company he owns.

“If I see him when I get there I’ll tell him wherever he work at to make as least money as possible, because they getting 25% of his gross.”

All they really want is their money there,” said Bart. “They’re real unprofessional over there. You can’t let all black people run anything. If [the staff] ain’t gay, they’re old women – there’s nothing in between.”