When Duggar married his wife, Anna, in 2008, King served as a flower girl. King, who occasionally appeared on '19 Kids and Counting,' including a story arc where she tried to make it in the music industry in Nashville, is the owner of the clothing brand 3130 Clothing. In 2012, a guard at the prison was sentenced to two years in jail for 'smuggling alcohol, tobacco, and nutritional supplements into the prison'. He was sentenced to an additional 71 months in jail following the violent beating. In December 2011, an inmate at the prison, John Hall, 'who was a member of the Aryan Brotherhood', attacked and assaulted another inmate who he believed was gay, according to Prison Resource. However, while Seagoville offers specialized treatment for sexual predators, it also has a history of inmate violence and overcrowding - and in August 2020 it hit headlines when it was revealed that three out of every four inmates had tested positive for COVID-19. He also recommended a second option - FCI Texarkana - noting that a final decision on where Duggar will be sent will be made based on which facility has the necessary bed space.Īccording to The Sun, Duggar's legal team has requested that he be sent to Seagoville so that he can partake in one of the prison's sex offender treatment programs.
'But hopefully tonight, I can sleep for the first time ever and rest assure that another monster will be put behind bars makes my heart feel a little lighter.'Īfter slapping convicted pedophile Duggar with a 12-year sentence, Judge Timothy Brooks recommended that he serve out his punishment at FCI Seagoville in Texas, because it has a 'good' treatment program for sex offenders. She said that her cousin's 'sickness stems from somewhere, and eventually we will hear about the trauma. King continued on saying that she feels as though the issues involving Duggar are not over. A final decision will be made based on which facility has the required bed space. It is expected that Duggar will serve out his 12-year sentence in one of two all-male Texas prisons: FCI Seagoville, which offers specialized treatment programs for sexual predators, or FCI Texarkana. She added: 'And honestly, where he's going, I feel like the prisoners are just gonna take care of him.' Speaking on Wednesday, King continued: 'But at the same time, he cannot have his computer, he cannot hurt, exploit any more children and when he sees his kids, he has to be supervised.' In a video on her Instagram page, King, 35, said that she knew that it was unlikely that the former '19 Kids and Counting' star would get the maximum 20 years as in the court's eyes it was his first offense. Published: 06:56 BST, | Updated: 14:21 BST, Ĭonvicted pedophile Josh Duggar's outspoken cousin Amy King has implied she hopes prisoners beat the reality star up after he was jailed for child porn offenses.
The disgraced reality TV star has been in custody since December, when a jury convicted him of two counts of downloading and possessing child porn.Duggar, 34, was jailed for 12 years and seven months at his sentencing hearing in Fayetteville, Arkansas on Wednesday.Duggar's outspoken cousin Amy King said in an Instagram video that she was pleased the pervert has been jailed for child porn offenses.'Where he's going, the prisoners are going to take care of him': Josh Duggar's cousin Amy Duggar King says she can sleep soundly after he was jailed for 12-and-a-half-years in federal prison for downloading 'worst of the worst' pedo torture videos