Former New York Giants wide receiver Mark Ingram, who is serving a 21-month federal prison sentence for violating his supervised release stemming from convictions for bank fraud and laundering drug money, has been approved for prison release.
Ingram’s attorney, David Jones, revealed the government’s decision on Wednesday, two weeks removed from Ingram’s request to leave the prison as the result of the coronavirus pandemic, arguing that he suffers from dementia and is at increased risk.
The release will allow the 54-year-old Ingram to move to home confinement for undetermined period of time.
“Instead, it would allow him to serve the additional months of his sentence in home confinement where he would continue to be under supervision,” Jones wrote in an earlier court filing.
With his upcoming release, Ingram becomes one of 1,022 federal inmates that have been released on home confinement as part of the government’s efforts to stem the spread of COVID-19.
Ingram was a first-round pick of the Giants in the 1987 NFL Draft. He spent six years in New York before stints with the Miami Dolphins, Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles. He retired following the 1996 season. His namesake son is a Pro Bowl running back for the Baltimore Ravens.
