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Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former personal lawyer, will be released from prison due to fears about a coronavirus outbreak among inmates and prison staff members. Cohen is currently serving a three-year sentence at the federal prison camp in Otisville, N.Y., where 14 inmates and seven staff members have tested positive for the virus. The federal …

Joe Exotic is in talks to get a new radio show — that would be broadcast from behind bars, his husband claimed this week. “This radio station here in the US wants him to have his own radio show from inside the prison,” the “Tiger King” star’s husband, Dillon Passage, told Metro UK. “It’s kind …

John Legend joined a chorus of prison reform advocates Tuesday, calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to release some inmates amidst the raging coronavirus pandemic. “The spread of coronavirus in jails and prisons threatens the health and safety of New Yorkers. When someone is incarcerated, there is no such thing as social distancing, and ensuring good …

Harvey Weinstein is coronavirus-free more than three weeks after being diagnosed with the deadly illness, a report said Thursday. The convicted rapist overcame symptoms of the disease, including a cough and fever, and was released from his 14-day quarantine, according to The Daily Mail. Weinstein, 68, is “being monitored for his various medical conditions” in …

R. Kelly will have to stay trapped in the lockup while he awaits trials on charges of racketeering, sex trafficking and child pornography, a judge ruled Tuesday. The 53-year-old R&B icon filed requests with federal judges in the Windy City and Brooklyn to spring him from Chicago’s Metropolitan Correctional Center, arguing that both his age …

A former Tekashi 6ix9ine associate who was caught partying in his apartment after his release from jail because of the coronavirus outbreak may now face more time in prison when he is sentenced in June. Manhattan federal court Judge Paul Engelmayer wrote in an order filed Monday that video shows the rapper’s former pal, Kintea …

Kim Kardashian‘s latest television project is a big change for the reality star. The “KUWTK” star, 39, is combining her passion for prison reform and her celebrity status to star in a two-hour documentary special, “Kim Kardashian West: The Justice Project.” The film will chronicle her journey to help four inmates who she believes are …

Now he’s sending out smoke signals. Convicted Fyre Festival fraudster Billy McFarland exclusively tells The Post he is starting a new endeavor from inside prison: crowd-funding money for other inmates to be able to call their loved ones during these trying times. “Coronavirus is driving families apart . . . and visits are canceled across every federal …

A former Tekashi 6ix9ine associate who was let out of a lockup while awaiting sentencing because of the coronavirus outbreak was caught on video partying with several other people soon after his release, according to court documents. The video of Kintea McKenzie, aka “Kooda B,” was turned over to Judge Paul Engelmayer, who earlier this …

Rapper-turned-snitch Tekashi 6ix9ine could be released from prison as early a 5 p.m. Wednesday if the Manhattan federal court judge overseeing the rhymester’s case gets his way. In a letter Wednesday, Judge Paul Engelmayer said he wants to cut Tekashi loose from the Queens Detention Facility, a private prison run by the GEO group, because …