Pooh Shiesty Wins Fight to End 23-Hour Lockdown, New Jail in the Works

Memphis rapper Pooh Shiesty (Lontrell Williams Jr.) won his fight to get out of 23-hour solitary confinement. At a Nov.

Memphis rapper Pooh Shiesty (Lontrell Williams Jr.) won his fight to get out of 23-hour solitary confinement. At a Nov. 10 hearing in Dallas federal court, Judge David Godbey stood by his October order granting Shiesty's emergency motion for humane conditions, and court records say the parties agreed on the motion and will tell the court if they can't find a suitable location for him. His attorney Kent Schaffer told Complex that Shiesty has been locked in a small cell 23 hours a day since July 1 with the lights on around the clock, and that he hopes Shiesty will be in a new facility within a few days. Federal prosecutors had pushed back, pointing to Shiesty's tablet access: 231 video visits totaling about 45 hours, more than 12,000 emails, plus Netflix and games, according to their filing as reported by WFAA. His lawyers replied that "screen time does not substitute for human contact." This is about where he is held, not a release: Shiesty remains in custody at Rolling Plains Regional Jail in Haskell, Texas, for now. He has pleaded not guilty to federal charges tied to the alleged Jan. 10 armed robbery and kidnapping at a Dallas recording studio involving Gucci Mane, and his trial is set for February 2027.