Josh Duggar: Disgraced reality star could remain in solitary confinement for months after sneaking cell phone into prison
SEAGOVILLE, TEXAS: Convicted sex offender Josh Duggar is now facing repercussions for “sneaking a cell phone” into prison. According to multiple outlets, the 34-year-old could remain in solitary confinement for a lengthy unspecified amount of time as calls and visitation are now limited.
Duggar is slapped with a 151-month sentence for his child pornography conviction at FCI Seagoville near Dallas, Texas. The former reality television personality from the TLC series '19 Kids and Counting' was thrown in FCI Seagoville’s SHU, which stands for Special Housing Unit, most commonly termed as solitary confinement, last week.
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In April 2021, Duggar was arrested and charged with possessing and receiving child pornography. He was proven guilty within two weeks of his trial and sentenced to 151 months in federal prison in May. He was transferred to FCI Seagoville in June.
Inmate's family member speaks out
“I would be very surprised if he has been released, as most of the people in there have been in there for months", a family member of an inmate at the facility exclusively told The Sun. “He has to wait until he has his disciplinary hearing.”
The inmates at the SHU are allowed to make only one telephone call per month, according to the Bureau of Federal Prisons. There is also apparently no scope for visitors to come and see the inmates who are detained in this unit.
“I can tell you that the SHU there is so bad that the regional office was just down there to see what was going on," the insider continued. “They've been keeping prisoners in the SHU indefinitely, not letting them have DHO hearings, which let them know when they're getting out.”
Bad news for Dugger's wife
According to the insider, Dugger was frequently visited by his wife and his seven children. “We've seen Anna at visitation fairly regularly. I've spoken to Anna a couple of times. Normally the only thing I've seen is Anna and then their kids, I don't really know anybody else," he claimed. He added that the prison has “board games and blocks” to keep children busy during visitation.
Previous complaint against the prison
The outlet previously reported that an inmate filed a complaint against the prison on October 25, 2022, for “deliberate indifference” to his “mental and physical needs” for “failure to provide [his] prescribed medication for 31 days while he was confined in the Special Housing Unit at the total mercy of BOP staff.”
In the complaint, he mentioned that he did not receive the required medications while in the Special Housing Unit after he put in requests five days a week. The case is still ongoing and the inmate still serves time in the unit to this day.