OTISVILLE, NY. (THECOUNT) — We are learning Thursday morning that “Jersey Shore” cast member Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino is about to go from – “prisoner #66910-050” – to a free man, confirmed an announcement on the Federal Prison system website.

The Federal Bureau of Prison website posted a message saying the reality star is scheduled to be released from his Otisville, New York, lockup on Thursday.

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His publicist later confirmed Sorrentino’s pending release Thursday.

He has served about eight months for tax evasion. He and brother pleaded guilty last year to tax offenses related to nearly $9 million in income. Marc Sorrentino was sentenced to two years, reports EverythingLubbock.

At his sentencing last fall, The Situation threw himself on the mercy of the court telling the judge that he was working to overcome years of drug and alcohol abuse.

Sorrentino, a newlywed when entering prison, was scheduled for release September 13, 2019, according to reports.

The Situation appeared on all six original seasons of the reality show from 2009 to 2012, chronicling the lives of rowdy housemates in the town of Seaside Heights.

Go west young man!

Geo quick facts: Otisville is a village in Orange County, New York, in the United States. The population was 1,068 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area – Wikipedia.