CHICAGO (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. was released from an Alabama federal prison Thursday, two years after pleading guilty to spending $750,000 in campaign money on personal items, his father said.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson described his son’s release from the minimum security federal prison camp at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama, as a “joyous reunion.”
Jackson, a 50-year-old Illinois Democrat, began his sentence on Nov. 1, 2013. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons lists his release date as Sept. 20, 2015.
Former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy, who visited Jackson before his release, said Jackson would serve out the remainder of his 2 1/2-year term in a Washington, D.C., halfway house.
Jackson must also spend three years on supervised release and complete 500 hours of community service.
Jackson served in Congress from 1995 until he resigned in late 2012. In June of 2012 he took medical leave for treatment of bipolar disorder and other issues.
- Posted March 30, 2015
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