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.