And, Cut: 'Real Housewife' Teresa Giudice's Prison Term Slashed

By Wendy Ann Mitchell and Jason Koestenblatt (Patch Staff)

Four days in the slammer and things are already looking up for Teresa Giudice who began to serve her sentence at a Danbury, Conn. prison on Monday. The minimum security prison is the basis for the popular TV show Orange is the New Black.

A Connecticut photographer to the stars, Alan Barry, photographed Giudice before she headed off to prison, as well as Laverne Cox, star of Orange is the New Black. Click here to read more.

The incarcerated cast member of Bravo TV’s “Real Housewives of New Jersey” has been granted an early release from her 15-month stint in prison, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website.

The government agency’s inmate locator shows Giudice, who turned herself in on the morning of Monday, Jan. 5, will be released on Feb. 5, 2016 – a solid two months earlier than her original sentence called for.

Giudice and her husband, Joe, were sentenced in October for their role in mortgage and bankruptcy fraud and conspiracy. Joe Giudice’s 41-month sentence will begin once his wife is released.

Giudice reportedly told her two youngest daughters she is going away for research, telling them she is going to jail to work on a book about prison, according to The New York Daily News.

Giudice’s eldest daughters - Gia, 13, and Gabriella, 10, - know where she’s going. The younger girls - Milania, 8, and Audriana, 4 - do not, according to The New York Daily News.

Read more on Patch:

• CT Photographer Captures Images of Teresa Giudice, Kim Kardashian and More

• Real Housewives of New Jersey Star Reports to Danbury Prison

• Real Housewives of New Jersey Star Likely Heading to Danbury Prison

• Danbury Homeowners: Tips on Preventing Frozen Pipes in Freezing Weather

• $5K Reward Offered for Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Young Mom in Danbury

Pictured: Teresa Giudice. Photo Courtesy Alan Barry Photography.

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