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T.I has had his fair share of run-ins with the law before and during his career and now he is devoting himself to lending a helping hand to prison reform.  The Grammy-nominated rapper is now a member of a task force under Atlanta mayor Keisha Bottoms to repurpose the Atlanta City Detention Center.

“It is a top priority of the Mayor Bottoms to put this underutilized facility to more productive use as a multi-faceted use center for wellness and healing, skills-building, economic mobility, and crime prevention for people, families and communities impacted by the history of over-incarceration,” reads a press release.

The Atlanta Detention Center is a $56 million facility with 1,300 beds but the amount of detainees being held there has declined significantly.  It is also operating on a $33 million budget and has over 360 employees. Since the detention center is underused and over budgeted, the task force will finding a new purpose for the center.

Tip is a part of a 25-member task force that will meet with an advisory group, Atlanta’s Police Chief Erika Shields and Fulton County’s District Attorney Paul Howard to form new ideas about how else the center can be used and present it to Mayor Bottoms. Love & Hip Hop Atlanta’s Scrapp DeLeon is also a member of the task force. DeLeon was recently released from prison after being convicted on drug trafficking-related charges.

T.I is no stranger to lending his voice and input to criminal justice issues. He also partnered with Ebenezer Baptist Church for Freedom Day Bailout and participated in an expungement campaign.