Everything the Chrisley Family Has Said About Todd and Julie’s Time in Prison: Quotes

Lindsie’s Concerns

Despite sharing that her father and stepmother are doing well in prison, Lindsie admitted she worried how the other prisoners would react to Todd and Julie’s reality TV careers.

“One of my biggest concerns was the access to televisions, and a question that I asked you [was], ‘Do you think people have seen Chrisley Knows Best that are serving time in these camps?’ ” she said during the April 5 episode of “The Southern Tea” podcast. “And simply the answer, I know the answer now, is yes.”

Making Friends

Also during the podcast, Linsdie said that Todd is “in such a better place” and is in great “spirits.”

“He’s made great friends. He talks about his friends there,” she added about her dad.

Savannah’s Hope

During a February 2023 episode of her “Unlocked” podcast, Savannah opened up about visiting Todd with her grandmother, Nanny Faye.

“I never felt the presence of Jesus more than I have in that visiting room,” she said about the visit. “Even visiting my dad, like, I know I have so much hope and so much restored strength that I’m like, ‘This isn’t the end.’”

The TV personality continued, “And I know that they’re going through what they’re going through for us to make a difference, for us to make a change. Because whether this appeal works or not, they’re still coming out with a story.”

Julie’s Experience

Savannah shared insight into her mother’s prison experience during her “Unlocked” podcast.

“My mom’s in a facility that has no air, but yet, there are service dogs for the prison that are in a heated and cooled building because it’s inhumane for them not to have air,” she explained.

“I read an executive order that [President Joe] Biden signed that said all federal inmates must be housed in environmentally friendly facilities,” Savannah continued. “And I’m like, ‘OK, well, this is completely opposite of that.'”

Difficulties Visiting Julie

Lindsie has opened up about her visits to see Todd in prison, though she explained that it has been a more difficult process to see Julie.

“I have not been to Lexington to visit her yet,” she said on the April 12 episode of her “Southern Tea” podcast.

Lindsie told her followers that “there was a different process” she had to go through in order to be approved as a visitor

“I sent in all of my paperwork and have yet to hear back regarding the visiting,” she said. “So, it’s been a little bit frustrating.”

The former reality star added, “The attempts to try to communicate have been a lot different than communicating with my dad.”

While Lindsie hasn’t seen Julie yet, she said that Savannah and Faye told her that the Chrisley matriarch is “doing very well.”

Letters From Julie

Savannah revealed that Julie sent her “30 to 40 days’ worth of letters” while behind bars during the May 1 episode of her podcast, “Unlocked With Savannah Chrisley.”

“It was a lot to read, it was tough to see the accounts of her day and just things that she’s scared of or nervous about or just all the thoughts that go through her mind,” she told her listeners. “And not having my dad there with her is the biggest thing.”

The TV personality added that Julie is trying to stay busy during her prison sentence. “She’s trying to do anything and everything, take classes, [be] first at-bat — everything known to man that she can do, she does,” Savannah explained, noting that Julie likes to accomplish tasks and focus on her health.

Being Kept Apart

While discussing the letters she received from Julie, Savannah shared that her parents have not spoken in four months since they began their prison sentences.

“I don’t think there’s a single letter that goes by that she does not say how much she misses my dad,” she said. “They don’t get to talk. So we’re like, what, four months in, almost, and being together almost 30 years and not going a day without speaking, to now going on four months is a lot.”

Grayson’s Bitterness

Grayson revealed that traveling back and forth to visit his parents in prison has made him “bitter.”

“I struggle going back to back weeks because I’m in that mood… and then I go and start it all over again. You never really get out of it,” he said while appearing on the June 6 episode of Savannah’s “Unlocked” podcast, adding that “some days or weeks are harder than others.”

After noting that he feels like he’s too young to be dealing with the situation, Grayson continued, “It’s also hard because they tell you you gotta live your life. ‘You’re 17 years old. You can’t spend every weekend going.’ And then when you don’t go, you still feel bad even though they said that – even though you know they understand.”

The former TV personality also admitted that it’s more difficult to visit Todd rather than Julie because the patriarch is farther away.

Black Mold

Chase called the living conditions of Todd’s prison in Pensacola, Florida, “s—ty.”

“Like, everybody acts like my dad’s in some country club and that’s not the case at all,” Chase said on the “Chasin’ Birdies” podcast in June 2023. “I mean, they got like black mold [where my dad is], and my mom’s place is even worse. I mean, she doesn’t even have air conditioning. They’re in a camp. It’s better than like being behind a wall.”

Facing Backlash

After Savannah began advocating for better living conditions in prison for her parents, she revealed Todd and Julie had been feeling the effects of her complaints internally in their respective prisons.

“It’s been really tough [for them] since I started speaking out about everything,” Savannah told Entertainment Tonight in November 2023. “That’s been the toughest part. More so for Dad. There’s been a lot of retaliation, so we have to worry [about him].”

Todd Describes ‘Disgustingly Filthy’ Prison Life

Todd described conditions at his federal prison as “disgustingly filthy” in a December 8, 2023, interview with News Nation.

“The food is literally, I’m not exaggerating this…the food is dated. It’s out of date by at a minimum a year. It’s a year past expiration,” he told the outlet. The former reality star described the moment a dead cat fell onto his food as prison staff were cleaning black mold from the ceiling.

The Chrisley Knows Best alum also revealed he is not allowed to speak to his wife, Julie, and that messages for her and his lawyer aren’t relayed in a timely manner. Todd, who arranged the ​News Nation interview through his lawyer after the jail would not allow it, said that he is speaking out in order to expose the prison’s poor conditions.

However, officials from Federal Prison Camp in Pensacola, Florida have denied Todd’s claims, telling In Touch in a statement, “The Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) including the Federal Prison Camp Pensacola takes seriously our duty to protect the individuals entrusted in our custody as well as maintain the safety of correctional employees and the community. We make every effort to create a controlled environment within our facilities that is both secure and humane, prioritizing the physical and emotional well-being of those in our care and custody.”

Prison Letters

Savannah read aloud some of her mother’s letters from prison during the February 27, 2024, episode of her “Unlocked” podcast.

“What a sobering thought, the man I had lived with, raised a family with and loved more than life itself is now temporarily residing in Florida, and me in Kentucky,” Julie’s letter to Savannah read, in part. “I could not wrap my head around the fact that I was going to be separated from my husband and children for what seems like a lifetime.”

In another letter read by Savannah, Julie wrote that she missed her “person,” Todd, “so bad.”

Not in Touch

Savannah revealed that her parents have not been able to have “steady communication” since they began serving time in prison.

“The last time they spoke was the morning they went into federal prison,” she told E! News on March 14, 2014, adding that there was “a lot of retaliation going on against my father for how outspoken we’ve been about conditions” in prison.

The Masked Singer contestant claimed that the prison officials have blocked Todd and Julie’s emails to each other as a result of his allegations. “It just makes it really difficult,” she alleged.

Reflecting on the Past

Savannah admitted that she was “so tone deaf” and “lived a privileged life” before Todd and Julie went to prison.

“I didn’t [ever] have to endure any of these things, and so, to me, if it wasn’t happening to me, it wasn’t happening at all,” she told Page Six on March 15, 2024.