Prison Officials Enforce Ban of Lil Wayne Autographs While Incarcerated

It’s been less than a week since rapper Lil Wayne (@liltunechi) turned himself in to begin serving a one year prison term, and so far, officials are making sure he’s isn’t being treated as a celebrity.

According to TMZ, the rapper (real name: Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr.) has been instructed by prison officials not to sign a single autograph while incarcerated.

A rep for the Correction Officer’s Benevolent Association told the site officials issued a no autograph mandate because “Lil Wayne is not a celebrity in here.”

The rep also said that since being locked up, Weezy hasn’t received any special treatment at Rikers Island. But, he hasn’t requested anything out of the ordinary either.

The rapper is serving one year for a gun charge stemming from a 2007 arrest.

If he’s good while behind bars, he could be out after serving just eight months.

Riker’s Guard Reveals Lil Wayne’s First Few Days in Prison

Combat Jack (on his new blog at ihiphop) shares some insight from an alleged Riker’s Island employee about what life has been like in jail for Lil Wayne since his surrender on Monday….

“…he’s not in protective custody (PC), but in general population. But it’s not really a big thing. In prison, they treat all inmates like the next. He does have limited protection, meaning there is someone that stays with him at all times. But because of who he is, this is also the norm. There hasn’t been much activity with Wayne, especially since he’s busy undergoing the processing an inmate goes through immediately upon his incarceration. Paperwork, tests, all that. Tomorrow, they’ll be conducting DNA testing, specifically because his case centers around DNA evidence. The only thing out of the norm is the amount of calls the prison has been receiving from Wayne’s people, hounding them with questions about whether he’ll be forced to cut his hair…”

Jack’s corrections source also says that there has been disciplinary issues, not for Weezy the prisoner….but for the C.O.s??

“…A couple of guards have been written up, only because they’ve acted like fans, having more personal interaction with Wayne than is procedure, prolly acting all star struck, which, once again, the system does it’s best to discourage. Me getting this info and writing about it here puts my contact at risk of losing her job. Still, we do this for our culture. For the most part though, Wayne has been pretty quiet, staying mostly inside his jail cell. There doesn’t seem to be anyone, any faction trying to get at him in any harmful way, because he’s new and because he hasn’t violated any of the codes customary to inmate living the prison life. As I was told, it’s too early to determine how the rest of his experience will be, but so far, so good. It’s all in Lil Wayne’s hands.“

That’s it for now. According to Captain Jack, this is 100% percent fact. Stay tuned for further episodes @liltunechi‘s Rikers Island Diary.