A federal judge released longtime Alabama Rep. John Rogers from custody on Monday morning after he spent a week in the Cullman County jail for violating bond in his federal bribery case.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Staci Cornelius added new conditions to Rogers’ bond during the brief hearing in federal court in Birmingham: he isn’t allowed to discuss the case with anyone other than his lawyer, and he is barred from any contact with Varrie Johnson Kindall, his longtime personal assistant who is also charged in the bribery case.

“I don’t want you to come back to court on another motion to revoke bond,” Judge Cornelius told Rogers during the hearing.

Rogers, an 82-year-old Democrat from Birmingham who has served in the state legislature for four decades, called his time in jail “the worst days in my life.” Speaking to reporters after the court hearing, defense attorney John Robbins said that he would drive Rogers home to Birmingham’s West End.

“A jail is not the Holiday Inn,” Robbins said to reporters. “It was pretty tough for him, but he survived.”

A federal grand jury in September charged Rogers with obstruction of justice and obstruction of justice by bribery, alleging that he offered public money to the founder of a nonprofit in exchange for the founder lying to the FBI about a kickback scheme involving public tax dollars.

On Oct. 30, Judge Cornelius ordered U.S. Marshals to take Rogers into custody after federal prosecutors said Rogers violated his bond conditions by FaceTime calling that nonprofit founder in the bribery case twice. Rogers later named the nonprofit founder, listed as Individual #1 in court documents, as George Stewart. Stewart is the founder of the American Gospel Quartet Convention, a Birmingham-based music nonprofit that received public funding from Rogers through the Jefferson County Community Service Fund.

Rogers and his attorney, John Robbins, previously denied that he intentionally called the witness.

In court today, Judge Cornelius re-emphasized the conditions of Rogers’ bond: he can’t contact, intimidate, or threaten witnesses or anyone else involved in the case.

The judge allowed Rogers to keep his cellphone, but said that the federal probation office can review it at any time. She told him to delete any contacts in his phone who are related to the case.

Judge Cornelius said she would also modify Johnson Kindall’s bond with the strict no-contact order.

Robbins said the lawyers for the defense and prosecution met in the judge’s chambers ahead of the hearing and reached an agreement for Rogers to live at his home in West End without supervision. Last week, the judge signaled that she would release Rogers if his daughter agreed to live with him and make sure he did not violate bond again.

Robbins said Rogers will be better able to prepare for trial now that he’s out of jail.

“He’s happy,” Robbins told reporters.