First the good news for Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino.

He’s probably going to be released from Otisville Federal Correctional Institution in Otisville, New York, where he’s serving eight months for tax fraud, “any day now,” which is earlier than his official Sept. 13 release date, said Dan Wise, a federal prison consultant.

The bad news is the “Jersey Shore” star will probably be released into a halfway house, which is no picnic, Wise said.

“My estimated guess is he’ll be going home any day now between now and early next month to a federal halfway house, where he’ll spend a couple of weeks before he goes to home confinement,” Wise told USA TODAY NETWORK New Jersey on Monday, July 22.

Wise said the conditions at a halfway house might be more trying than the minimum security Otisville FCI.

“There’s no partying, no drugs, nothing (at a halfway house) — he might be able to go home on weekends,” said Wise, who served 12 months in federal prison. He now consults with clients about what to expect inside prison and also how to reduce sentences. Visit RDAP DAN on YouTube for more info. “Hopefully he doesn’t get complacent and have a relapse.”

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Sorrentino of Long Branch has been public about his battle with opioid addiction.

“It really comes down to I was the problem, I had an obsessive personality. It took me into my 30s to know that any substance I was going to do, I was going to do to excess,” Sorrentino has said publicly.

A halfway house or home-confinement scenario would not extend beyond his Sept. 13 release date. After that, Sorrentino will have 24 months of probation.

His brother Marc Sorrentino received a 24-month prison sentence for tax offenses.

Family and castmates are anticipating the Situation’s imminent release. Wife Lauren Sorrentino posted a pic of herself in a black dress and leopard-print shawl with the caption: “Waiting for my husband to get out like”

DJ Pauly D DelVecchio stated that Sorrentino will be out “very soon” when he deejayed an “F Cancer” benefit Saturday, July 20 at the Headliner in Neptune.

“He’s very positive in there, I talk to him every single day,” Pauly D said. “He should be out very soon — I don’t have the exact date yet, but we’re waiting for him and we’re going to throw him a big party when he gets out.”

Sorrentino began his sentence on Jan. 15. An email to his rep for comment was not replied to as of press time.

Chris Jordan, a Jersey Shore native, covers entertainment and features for the USA Today Network New Jersey. His multiple awards include recognition for stories on both Bruce Springsteen and Snooki. Contact him at @chrisfhjordan; cjordan@app.com. Stay with app.com or consider a subscription today.