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News & Updates: Buju Banton To Be Released From Prison

12/07/2018 by Reggaeville

News & Updates: Buju Banton To Be Released From Prison

The highly anticipated prison release of Buju Banton is scheduled for this saturday, December 8. Or maybe one day earlier? The most recent articles by the Gleaner and Observer report that Banton has been released and IRIE FM posted on Facebook more details about Buju's return! 

We will keep you up to date with the latest news right here:

BUJU BANTON IS HOME ... ARTISTE RETURNS TO JAMAICA [Dec 7, 2018]
Buju Banton arrived in Jamaica on Friday night, hours after he was released from the McRae Correctional institute in Georgia, USA. Buju was whisked away in a white Toyota Hilux pick-up, shortly after arriving at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston just after 8 p.m. The vehicle was escorted by police outriders. [full article @ JAMAICA-STAR.com]

VIDEO OF BUJU BANTON BOARDING A FLIGHT IN ATLANTA. NOW ON ROUTE TO JAMAICA!
Watch the video below!

BUJU BANTON IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO JAMAICA ON SATURDAY [Dec 7, 2018]
The United States Bureau of Prisons has confirmed to IRIE FM that Buju Banton has been released from Prison.[…] Highly placed sources have told IRIE FM that Buju will arrive in the Island tomorrow Saturday Dec, 8 on a chartered flight from the USA and will be processed at the Up Park Camp. […]insiders have revealed that Buju is expected to return to Jamaica tomorrow and will will arrive in the early hours of the morning. [full post @ IRIE FM Facebook]

BUJU BANTON RELEASED FROM US PRISON [Dec 7, 2018]
Buju Banton has been released from prison after eight years at the McRae Correctional institution. An officer at the institution said the entertainer whose given name is Mark Myrie, was let out on earlier today. [full article @ JAMAICA-GLEANER.com]

BUJU RELEASED FROM GEORGIA PRISON [Dec 7, 2018]
Reggae singer Buju Banton has been released from the McRae Correctional Facility in Georgia, a source close to the entertainer has informed Observer Online. The source said she was unsure where the singer was headed, however, he could arrive in the island as early as tonight or tomorrow morning. [full article @ JAMAICAOBSERVER.com]

BUJU TO BE RELEASED 'SOME POINT TODAY' SAYS PRISON OFFICIAL [Dec 7, 2018]
A prison officer said that Buju Banton will be released from the McRae Correctional institution "at some point today". The United States Bureau of Prisons update its website overnight and changed Buju's release date from December 8, 2018 to UNKNOWN. [full article @ JAMAICA-STAR.com]

BUJU BANTON: HOME BECKONS, REGGAE SUPERSTAR CLOSES DARK CHAPTER [Dec 7, 2018]
When he leaves the Mcrae correctional facility in Georgia, Buju is expected to be housed in a deportation facility before being sent back to Jamaica. However, it is unclear when he would be deported. [full article @ JAMAICA-STAR.com]

'MAN IS A KING': CONTROVERSIAL STAR BUJU BANTON COMES HOME TO JAMAICA [Dec 7, 2018]
In one of Banton’s most memorable songs, Destiny, he speaks of wanting to chart his own future, singing “my destination is homeward bound … I know I must get through no matter what a gwaan”. As the prodigal son returns, finally his destiny is back in his own hands. [full article @ THEGUARDIAN.com]

BUJU'S DAD UPBEAT AS HE AWAITS THE GARGAMEL [Dec 6, 2018]
Buju Banton's father, Benjamin Myrie, is expressing joy at the expected release of his son from the McRae Correctional Institution in Georgia, USA. In an interview with Loop News […] the senior Myrie was upbeat as he spoke about the impending release of the artiste from prison on Saturday. [full article & video @ LOOPJAMAICA.com]

IN THE PRESSWITNESS SAYS AMERICA WAS UNFAIR TO BUJU
WITNESS SAYS AMERICA WAS UNFAIR TO BUJU [Jamaica Gleaner - Dec 9, 2018]
JAMAICAN REGGAE ARTIST BUJU BANTON RELEASED FROM US PRISON [CNN - Dec 9, 2018]
A VIEW FROM THE OUTSIDE: GREETINGS GARGAMEL [Loop News - Dec 8, 2018]
BUJU, A NO-SHOW FOR SEA OF FANS [Jamaica Observer - Dec 8, 2018]
WHILE BUJU WAS AWAY [Jamaica Observer - Dec 8, 2018]

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