Jelly Roll has said he spent a little over a year in jail on his most serious aggravated robbery case, plus several other shorter stints that added up to roughly a decade of his life in and out of juvenile and adult lockups.

Quick Scoop

  • On his biggest charge (aggravated robbery as a teen), he was sentenced to around eight years but actually served just over one year behind bars , followed by many years of probation.
  • Starting at around age 14, he was repeatedly arrested (around 40 times by his own count) and spent close to 10 years cycling in and out of juvenile detention, jail, and prison , not one single uninterrupted sentence.
  • Because of that felony record, he’s talked a lot about how it affected his ability to vote, travel overseas, and book international shows , even after he became famous.

In simple terms: if you mean one straight sentence, it was a bit over a year ; if you mean his whole younger life locked up on and off, it was almost a decade of going in and out of jail and prison.

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