Former NFL star Michael Vick will be allowed to finish his prison sentence under home confinement because there is no room at a halfway house for him, officials said this afternoon.
Vick is currently serving a 23-month sentence at the federal lock-up in Leavenworth, Kan., after pleading guilty in 2007 to bankrolling a dog-fighting operation at a home he owned in Virginia, The Associated Press reported.
The former Atlanta Falcons quarterback was sentenced in December 2007 and was due to be let go on July 20, 2009.
Vick’s lawyers have said they expected him to be moved into a halfway house this year in Newport News – but because of a lack of space, he will be released on May 21 to his home in Virginia.
The 28-year-old Vick will be on electronic monitoring and only be allowed to leave home for activities approved by his probation officer, officials said.
He is eligible for a full release in July.
Earlier this month, Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff said the team is trying to trade the contract rights on Vick to another team.
Vick, once the highest-paid player in the NFL, has a contract that runs through 2013 and calls for him to receive a base salary of $9 million and a bonus of $6.43 million in this year.