Incarcerated reggae star Buju Banton is en-route to a Miami prison house following some hard piece of work past his chaser David Markus to have him moved back from Texas.

Banton, whose existent proper noun is Mark Myrie, initially wanted to serve his 10-twelvemonth judgement in Florida, but was sent to Texas past Federal Judge James Moody.

In the summertime, Banton was transferred from the Pinellas County Jail in Tampa, Florida to the Federal Property Center in Oklahoma Urban center, where he spent a month, before finally being moved to the Limestone County Correctional Institution in Groesbeck, Texas. Buju will now exist placed in the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Miami, Florida.

The singer'south attorney, David Markus, said his customer endured several hardships during two calendar month stay in the Texas facility; describing the environment as i of a violent and unhealthy nature that made the singjay rather uncomfortable.

"He was at ane of the worst places you lot can imagine; a county facility that had been converted to house federal inmates," Markus said. "The place was used for brusque-stay Mexican nationals who were going to be deported. It was filled with Mexican gangs. Buju was one of very few blackness men in there. It was really violent."

Markus commend Judge James Moody for moving to have his customer housed in Florida, as recommended during his sentencing in June.

"We're very appreciative that Judge Moody stood by his initial recommendation that Buju should be in Miami. He made a point to annotate that Buju is a peaceful person and shouldn't exist housed in a trigger-happy facility."

Markus plans to appeal the singer's sentencing early next year in hopes to have him serve a lighter stint in prison.

The Buju Banton benefit concert will be held this weekend at the Supa D Tropical Bar & Grill in Tampa, Florida. Proceeds from the result will go towards Buju Banton legal expenses.