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JOSH Duggar has moved into a remodeled prison dorm at FCI Seagoville with special privileges while the disgraced star serves a 151-month sentence on child pornography charges.
Josh, 36, began serving his sentence at the Dallas, Texas prison in December 2021 and has a release date of October 2032.
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The U.S. Sun can exclusively reveal Josh has moved into a renovated dorm with special amenities and privileges.
“They finished painting the walls and getting flowers put into Dorm 6, where Josh lives. It’s been turned into an honors dorm,” a source claimed to The U.S. Sun.
“They get special privileges and building updates because it’s an honors dorm. There are washers and dryers, microwaves, and more.
“They’re trying to create a dorm of model inmates.”
The insider added how inmates living in the dorms “can’t have any disciplinary actions in a certain amount of time, have to have a job and must sign a code of conduct agreement.”
The insider believes Josh may be getting special treatment, as he does not have the qualifications to live in the dorm.
“Josh apparently doesn’t work, but he is getting a degree and they’re counting that as an exception so he can stay.
“According to the rules, he would be disqualified from living there because of his SHU time a couple of years ago, but they’ve decided to waive that for him.”
In February 2023, Josh was thrown into FCI Seagoville’s SHU, which stands for Special Housing Unit, when he snuck a cell phone into the prison.
A family member of an inmate at the facility exclusively told The U.S. Sun at the time, “I would be very surprised if he has been released, as most of the people in there have been in there for months.
“He has to wait until he has his disciplinary hearing.”
According to the Bureau of Federal Prisons, inmates in the SHU are allowed just “one telephone call per month.”
As for visitation, those are “restricted” or “disallowed” depending on the reason for detention.
He was released from the SHU in March of that same year.
A representative from Seagoville responded to The U.S. Sun’s request for comment regarding the lush dorm, “Unfortunately, FCI Seagoville does not comment on conditions of confinement.”
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LIFE BEHIND BARS
The former 19 Kids and Counting star is a celebrity behind bars.
A source previously told The U.S. Sun, “Josh has been signing autographs on newspaper articles about him for prisoners’ family members.”
In addition to earning a degree, Josh could spend his days participating in physical activities.
Seagoville offers pickleball, tennis, basketball, horseshoes and a track for inmates.
A source previously told The U.S. Sun: “Inmates get recreational time in the early morning. They remain inside for a few hours and could return outside later in the afternoon.”
The insider continued: “Prisoners could also play musical instruments, as sometimes they play guitar outside during rec hours.”
Josh Duggar’s Legal Timeline
Former 19 Kids and Counting star Josh Duggar was sentenced to 151 months in prison for downloading and possessing child sex abuse images in December 2021. Here’s the timeline of the ex-reality star’s legal woes.
- Josh was initially accused of downloading child sexual abuse material in May 2019 after an investigation by Homeland Security Investigators.
- Later that November, Homeland Security visited the car dealership where Josh was working to raid his computer.
- On April 29, 2021, Josh was arrested and held without bail at an Arkansas jail.
- He was charged the next day during a hearing at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas via Zoom with receiving and possessing child sex abuse images, to which he pled not guilty.
- Josh’s trial began on November 30, 2021, in a federal courtroom in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and a verdict was reached on December 9, 2021.
- He was found guilty of knowing and receiving child sex abuse material.
- In May 2022, Josh was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison and ordered to pay $50,100 in fines and special assessments.
- Josh’s legal team later appealed the conviction to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, which was denied in late 2023.
- Shortly after, Josh again appealed for a new trial, with his attorney arguing that federal agents wouldn’t allow Josh to call him at the time of his arrest.
- On June 24, 2024, Josh’s request was again rejected.
JOSH’S LEGAL TROUBLES
Josh was arrested and charged with possessing and receiving child pornography in April 2021.
He was found guilty after a nearly two-week trial in Arkansas.
Josh was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison in May and was transferred to FCI Seagoville in June 2022.
Josh’s legal team filed an appeal to overturn the conviction and have a new trial in October 2022.
In one of the arguments, they claimed federal agents allegedly seized Josh’s phone when he tried to contact his attorney during a raid at his car lot a year and a half before the arrest.
The court papers claim he spoke to the agents without counsel present.
The appeal was denied in November 2023.
Then in 2024, the Supreme Court officially denied the conviction appeal.
Josh remains married to his wife Anna, 36, as she has been seen visiting the prison with their seven young children.
The U.S. Sun previously reported other family members have visited Josh as well, as his brother Joseph, 29, and brother-in-law David Waller were seen at the prison on in March of this year.
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