JOSH Duggar’s prison commissary funds have been cut from $360 to $25 a month despite inmates complaining about bug-ridden food.
Josh, 37, is serving a 151-month sentence at FCI Seagoville in Dallas, Texas and has a release date of October 2032.
GettyJosh Duggar’s commissary funds have been slashed after an inmate played a prank on a worker[/caption] John Chapple for The U.S. SunJosh is serving a 151-month sentence at FCI Seagoville in Dallas, Texas[/caption]FCI Seagoville has been accused of serving half-portions of food, at times containing bugs, which has forced inmates to purchase meals from the commissary.
But The U.S. Sun can exclusively reveal prisoners’ budget funds have been slashed.
“One of the inmates played a prank on a guard,” a source told The U.S. Sun. “Now everyone is on a $25 commissary limit. They usually have a $360 limit a month.”
The insider continued to claim, “They are also locking them down at least two days a week.”
A separate insider explained the prank involved urine and a mixture of chemicals, likely purchased from commissary, spilling onto a prison worker and causing severe burns.
The second source continued to claim that the cut down on commissary funds are for purposes of the investigation and to avoid inmates having enough funds to purchase the same substances, as the unit also offers medications and hygiene products.
“There was a nasty, serious prank played on someone with urine and unknown chemicals,” the insider claimed. “The prison is trying to figure out the chemicals to restrict it.
“They have $360 they can spend a month,” the source continued. “They shop every other week. Half the institution got the restriction during the investigation. It’s only fair to have the other half miss out.
“It’s a very temporary thing and not a mass punishment.”
The insider added that the prison will likely give the inmates the difference of the money they missed out on during the investigation.
The prison has found out which inmate pulled the prank.
“It’s considered a privilege,” the source said of commissary. “The prison wants them to spend because the money generates items for them. They don’t want to restrict it because it benefits everyone.”
As for lockdown, the source said they occur two days a week because of staffing and budgeting to avoid paying workers overtime.
This is “nationwide” and not just for FCI Seagoville, according to the insider.
The commissary provides inmates with a variety of foods, including bacon for $3.85, a chicken pack for $5.65, granola cereal for $4.50, Folgers coffee for $6.50, beef sausage for $2.50, mashed potatoes for $1.95 and more.
FCI Seagoville declined to comment.
GettyPrisoners have complained about the food served at the facility[/caption]FOOD ISSUES
The U.S. Sun previously reported that the food and portions served to inmates force them to go to the prison’s commissary to avoid “going hungry.”
“They’ve been getting half portions of food for months,” a source close to a Seagoville inmate claimed to The U.S. Sun in December 2024.
“Grits, tiny portions of corn, half rolls, a couple ounces of deli meat, they’re serving them these crazy portions.
“People are having to buy food from the commissary or go hungry, it’s wild. Complaints from loved ones have gone nowhere.”
Seagoville responded to The U.S. Sun’s request for comment at the time, “FCI Seagoville provides all Adults in Custody with food that is consistent with the National Food Menu to include portion size.
“We take all complaints about the institution and services provided very seriously and all complaints are fully investigated.
“Currently, FCI Seagoville has not received any complaints regarding any aspect of the institution’s Food Service Department.”
The source also previously told The U.S. Sun, “The food they get is regularly expired. They’re just like really disgustingly expired, always by at least a couple of weeks. And it’s like milk. All sorts of stuff that can’t be expired for that long.
“They had a run of cereal that had bugs in it, and so people just couldn’t eat their cereal because it was filled with bugs.”
The insider continued to allege that the facility “runs out of food kind of often.”
The source continued to claim, “It’s only ever been like a one or two-day thing at a time, but the portions are also small enough to where if you can’t afford to buy food on commissary, you’re going hungry.”
The U.S. Sun previously obtained a recent lawsuit from a prisoner who accused the facility of “inhumane conditions.”
In the lawsuit filed on February 26, 2024, inmate Jua-Deno Peterson claimed, “I write this letter to formally demand an immediate cessation of all inhumane treatment and actions taken against myself at the Federal Correctional Institution Seagoville, as alleged by denied medical services and food stored next to trash, and under 2000 cal per day meals.
“The purpose of this letter is to place you on notice and to demand that these actions that undermine human rights and dignity at the facility be halted with immediate effect,” the email ended.
In another email, he wrote of an alleged October 24, 2023 incident where an inmate discussed how food contained maggots.
Jua-Deno allegedly heard another inmate “talking about the food trays that had maggots in them” and how inmates should have “saved the trays with maggots.”
The warden’s secretary responded via email, which was provided in the complaint, “Meals are served according to the national menu in the appropriate serving sizes. If you have questions on additional food service you can direct them via cop-out to Food Service.”
FCI Seagoville did not respond to the lawsuit and the case was dismissed because the Defendant was no longer confined at FCI Seagoville or in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Despite the conditions, Josh seemed to be in good spirits walking around the prison’s track in December 2024, his first appearance behind prison walls in years.
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.
The appeal was denied in November 2023, with the Supreme Court officially denying the conviction appeal in 2024.
Josh remains married to his wife Anna, 36.
She has been seen visiting the prison with their seven young children and continues to live in Arkansas.
APJosh is serving a 151-month sentence at FCI Seagoville in Dallas, Texas[/caption] The U.S. SunJosh’s wife Anna lives with their seven children in Arkansas and continues to stand by her husband’s side[/caption] Read More Details
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