*As we previously reported, Jussie Smollett was sentenced to 150 days in jail for staging a hate crime in Chicago. After learning his fate, Jussie went off on the judge, telling him if he dies in prison it’s not suicide.
“I am innocent. I could have said I was guilty a long time ago,” Smollett yelled as sheriff’s deputies led him out of the courtroom following his sentencing for lying about the 2019 racist and homophobic attack. “I am not suicidal, and if anything happens to me when I go in there, I did not do it to myself, and you must all know that.”
According to updated reports by @tmz_tv, a rep for Cook County Sheriff’s office says Jussie will be given a comprehensive medical and mental health assessment by Health services, a security assessment, and will be placed in appropriate housing. In addition to this, he will also be tested for COVID at intake and will be offered vaccination if he has not been previously vaccinated or gotten the booster, the news site notes.
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A rep for the Cook Co. Sheriff’s Office tells TMZ that Smollett’s cell will be monitored by security cameras as well as an officer with a body-worn camera. They tell us Jussie will be able to have time outside of his cell in common areas, where he can watch tv and use the phone — but other inmates will not be in the common area at that time.
“The safety and security of all detained individuals, including Mr. Smollett, is the Sheriff’s Office’s highest priority,” a rep from the Cook County Sheriff’s Office said.
If you didn’t see what the judge said to Jussie and Smollett’s courtroom outburst that prompted the court imposed comprehensive medical and mental health assessment mentioned above, watch it below. Jussie’s response starts at approximately 2:05.
