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Barkley is officially going to jail.

Barkley just pled guilty to 2 counts of driving under the influence and pleaded “responsible” to running a stop sign for the December 31 incident in Scottsdale.

Barkley was sentenced to 10 days in jail — but will only do five if he completes an alcohol education program. Barkley was also fined $2,000.

Barkley will begin his sentence on March 21 — but it’s unclear if he will serve time in Arizona’s famed Tent City Jail, where they make the inmates wear pink.

As for the gun cops say they found in Barkley’s car on the night of the arrest — no charges were ever filed.

Welcome back, Charles Barkley.

Barkley makes his return to the Inside the NBA set this evening after a hiatus following his DUI arrest in December.

And before coming back, Barkley has apologized again for the incident.

“This is just my bad, no excuses,” Barkley said. “I think that a DUI is unacceptable,” he added. “That can’t happen and I’ve got to challenge other people, not just celebrities or jocks. You have to really think before getting behind the wheel after you’ve been drinking.”

The 45-year-old Barkley also vowed to start using a driver when he went out and would not get behind the wheel after drinking.

Between the stories about Michael Phelps and A-Rod, you almost forgot that Barkley had his own legal issue on his hands.

Either way, it will be good to have the Chuckster back.

Charles Barkley was arrested on suspicion of DUI early this morning in Arizona.

Barkley was arrested by the Gilbert Police Department at a DUI checkpoint and had his blood tested on scene by a mobile DUI task force.

He was released a short time later and took a taxi home