Jussie Smollett's lawyers file emergency injunction to have him released from jail | LiveNOW from FOX

Former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett will spend his five-month sentence at the Cook County Jail under protective custody, according to court records. Judge James Linn approved a request submitted Thursday by Smollett's attorneys that the 39-year-old be held in a cell by himself monitored continuously by cameras and guards.

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