Real Housewives of New Jersey Star Reports to Danbury Prison

Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice reported to Danbury FCI prison early on Monday to start her 15-month prison sentence.

Giudice arrived at the prison around 2 a.m. Monday, according to ABC News. She was scheduled to self-surrender by 3 a.m.

She will be able to see her relatives as soon as the coming weekend, her attorney told ABC News.

FCI Danbury is a low-security federal institution. The facility houses about 1,000 female and male inmates between the main facility and a satellite camp.

Giudice and her husband Joe Giudice were found guilty of mortgage and bankruptcy fraud and conspiracy.

Her husband was sentenced to a 41-month prison sentence and will start it when Teresa completes hers. The arrangement allows one parent to be with the couple’s children throughout both sentences.

He also faces deportation because he isn’t a U.S. citizen.

Late last year Giudice requested to serve her sentence at a halfway house, but a judge declined the request, according to NJ.com.

Giudice will go from reportedly earning $650,000 per season on the show to at most 40 cents per hour working behind bars.

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