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As a refresher, in April 2008, The New York Times reported that Snipes had been sentenced to three years behind bars for failing to pay millions of dollars in taxes. Though the actor attempted to pay up $5 million as a deposit, the court wouldn't allow it — and the judge wasn't swayed by character references from famous faces either. Two of Snipes' longtime friends, Woody Harrelson and Denzel Washington, wrote to the judge regarding Snipes' moral uprightness. with the latter pointing out that the cornerstones of Snipes' life were "honesty, truth and courage" (via The Smoking Gun). Unfortunately for the actor, the court was unwilling to look past the staggering amount he owed the government. In 2010, CNN confirmed that he'd surrendered himself to a Pennsylvania correctional facility — and though he was released a few months early he served the remainder of his sentence under house arrest (via AP News).
Since late 2013, Snipes has been a free man. However, we can't help but wonder: What were his years in jail really like — and what does he have to say about the experience today?
Let's get one thing straight: Wesley Snipes is hesitant to refer to his time behind bars as prison. Far from it, in 2020, he told The Guardian that the minimum security nature of the McKean Federal Correctional Institution made it more like "camp."