Instagram/R. Kelly Music R. Kelly released from solitary confinement after two weeks. His attorney says the isolation, over a phone number discovery, was without valid cause. March 17, 2026 AceShowbiz - R. Kelly has been removed from solitary confinement after spending roughly two weeks in a special housing unit at a federal prison in North Carolina. The 59-year-old singer was placed in isolation at the Federal Correctional Complex in Butner following the discovery of a notebook in his cell containing the phone number of a retired prison official.