Back in September 2011, rapper Petey Pablo was sentenced to three years in prison for a gun charge — and according to TMZ, Petey turned himself in to a medium security federal correction institution in West Virginia earlier last month. More details after the jump!

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The former platinum selling rapper — who was arrested for trying to smuggle a gun through an airport … on SEPTEMBER 11 of all days — finally began his three-year prison term on January 4 by turning himself in to a medium security federal correction institution in West Virginia.

According to court docs obtained by TMZ, the court recommended Pablo receive “intensive substance abuse treatment, vocational training and educational opportunities” while locked up.

He is scheduled be released on July 17, 2014.

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