By Shayna Jacobs
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
MANHATTAN — City corrections officials are working out a plan to safely release Lil' Wayne from Rikers Island on Thursday, a department spokesperson said.
The famous rapper and convicted felon, whose real name is Dwayne Carter, is expected to be released on Thursday morning after serving eight months of a one-year sentence on a gun possession charge. The entertainer will be released early because of good behavior.
But Lil' Wayne's mammoth popularity may present a security issue for jail personnel.
"A plan is in development that will reflect any special security consideration that arise from his high profile," corrections spokesperson Stephen Morello said.
Morello said more details about his release may be available on Tuesday.
As of his release on Thursday, Carter will have spent 30 days in solitary confinement. He was put in solitary for having an MP3 player in jail, which is against Department of Corrections policy.
In confinement, Carter, 28, is generally alone in his cell for 23 hours a day and only permitted one hour of recreation time.
Carter pleaded guilty to attempted gun possession in October 2009. He had been arrested in 2007 after police searched his tour bus as it was leaving the Beacon Theater after a concert and found a gun.
