Tory Lanez has been moved to a super-maximum security prison in California following a stint at North Kern State Prison.
According to court reporter Meghann Cuniff, Lanez (real name Daystar Peterson) was recently transferred to the California Correctional Institute in Tehachapi, California.
Reports emerged earlier this week that Lanez had been moved to general population at North Kern, but Cuniff explained on Friday (October 13) that was not the case.
“Just FYI because people are asking, this isn’t true,” she wrote on X in response to a post claiming that the rapper had been placed in gen pop.
“Tory Lanez was moved to the California Correctional Institute, a state supermax prison that is not North Kern State Prison. Reports that Lanez was moved to general population at North Kern are false.”
She added: “California Correctional Institute is in Tehachapi, about 85 miles southeast of Kern. It’s designated as a supermax prison, so ‘general population’ there is not quite the same as general population elsewhere.”
Just FYI because people are asking, this isn’t true.
Tory Lanez was moved to the California Correctional Institute, a state supermax prison that is not North Kern State Prison.
Reports that Lanez was moved to general population at North Kern are false. https://t.co/3Mkv7quHSk
— Meghann Cuniff (@meghanncuniff) October 13, 2023
California Correctional Institute is in Tehachapi, about 85 miles southeast of Kern.
It’s designated as a supermax prison, so “general population” there is not quite the same as general population elsewhere. pic.twitter.com/CRpvtzqJMU
— Meghann Cuniff (@meghanncuniff) October 13, 2023
Tory Lanez’s legal team had previously pushed for him to be placed in gen pop at North Kern so he could have a “normal” prison experience where he could interact with other inmates in the yard.
Reports also recently emerged that Lanez was living the life of a “loner” behind bars due to him being confined to…
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