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From then on, Jelly Roll was in and out of prison until he was 24, once dubbing himself "the worst criminal ever." Now that he's cleaned up his act, Jelly Roll revealed what being incarcerated was really like, from the scary moments to the beneficial lessons.
Jelly Roll was facing a potential 20-year sentence, though he ultimately served over a year for the charge, followed by more than seven years of probation.
From middle adolescence to young adulthood, Jelly Roll experienced a revolving door of prison stints — doing time for offenses including drug possession with intent to distribute, alongside...
From writing songs with no musical instruments to attempting to cook with prison food, most of Jelly Roll's time in jail was filled with examples of resilience and survival. But it was...
Born Jason Bradley DeFord in 1984 in Nashville, Jelly Roll had his first run-in with the law at age 14. By his own estimate, he's been to jail about 40 times, mostly for petty robbery and drug charges. One time, though, he landed behind bars at age 16 for aggravated robbery.
He was sentenced to eight years in prison and seven years of probation. After Jelly Roll was released early from the Tennessee Department of Corrections, he was arrested again in 2008 for...
Jelly Roll first went to jail when he was 14, and spent the next almost ten years in and out of facilities — he's said he's been arrested around 40 times — for charges relating to drug...
In 2008, 23-year-old Jelly Roll was back in prison, once again a convict. As he told "CBS Sunday Morning," his life changed in an instant when a prison guard banged on the door of his cell. "He said, 'DeFord, you had a kid today.'
During an interview with CBS Sunday Morning, the "Save Me" musician (born Jason DeFord), 39, revisited his former jail cell at the Metro-Davidson County Detention Facility in Nashville, which...
He was 24 when he left prison for the last time. By then, a prison guard had given him some news that changed the way he thought about his life: "He said, 'DeFord, you had a kid today.' I said...