Josh Duggar might have been fine in the spotlight when he starred in 19 Kids and Counting with the rest of his family, but these days he has no interest being the center of attention.
Josh, 37, “never wants to do interviews,” a source exclusively reveals to In Touch. Plus, the insider adds that the former reality star has “seen the pictures someone took of him in the rec yard” when “someone filmed him from 300 or 400 feet outside the prison.”
The news comes just days after The U.S. Sun reported that a prank played on an FCI Seagoville staff member led to Josh’s prison commissary funds being drastically reduced.
“One of the inmates played a prank on a guard. Now everyone is on a $25 commissary limit. They usually have a $360 limit a month,” a source told the outlet on Tuesday, May 20. The publication was the first to report the news.
According to the outlet, the prank involved urine and a mixture of chemicals spilling onto the employee, which resulted in severe burns.
In Touch later confirmed the news.
“A staff member was pranked, some sort of chemical concoction spilled on a staff member. We decided to restrict commissary until we figured out what happened or if it came from commissary,” a source at Texas’ FCI Seagoville revealed. “We found out who did it but wanted to wait out the cycle so it fairly affected everyone.”
A second source added, “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.”
Josh’s reduced commissary funds came amid reports that prisoners were having to use their own funds to purchase food after the facility allegedly began serving smaller portions due to an insect infestation and expired milk. However, an insider told In Touch that FCI Seagoville didn’t have the same problems other prisons face when it comes to their food.
“We don’t have complaints of food, the roach and the other stuff has been from other detention centers and sanitation issues in Brooklyn,” the source explained. “I’ve never seen issues of roaches or any kind in the food. We have a very good reputation of the food we serve. We have some issues with flies and ants, but we have fans, and it does not affect the food. We have some of the best food in the prison system.”
Josh was arrested in April 2021.
“Duggar allegedly possessed this material, some of which depicts the s-xual ab-se of chi|dren under the age of 12, in May 2019,” a press release shared by the United States Attorney’s Office of the Western District of Arkansas stated at the time.
Josh pleaded not guilty, but after a six-day trial, he was sentenced to 151 months in prison in May 2022 after being convicted of one count of receiving and one count of possessing chi|d p*rnography images. During the proceedings, Judge Timothy L. Brooks ruled that Josh did not knowingly distribute chi|d p*rnography and dropped one of the two charges.
“We’re grateful the judge dismissed Count 2 and rejected the Government’s request for a 240-month sentence. We look forward to continuing the fight on appeal,” Josh’s attorney Travis Story said in a statement given to In Touch at the time.
