ToddandJulie Chrisleywill have to report to federal prisons in Florida next week after an attempt at gaining bail was denied while they wait out their appeal.
In November, theChrisley Knows Beststars were sentenced to a combined prison term of 19 years after a jury convicted the couple of a multimillion-dollar bank fraud and tax evasion scheme.
On Jan. 17, Todd, 53, will begin his 12-year sentence at Federal Prison Camp Pensacola, while Julie, 50, will spend the next seven years two-and-a-half hours away at Federal Correctional Institution and Federal Prison Camp Marianna.
The prisons the Chrisleys will report to are “no country club,” according to one legal expert who spoke toPEOPLE.
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Julie is headed to a camp, which is “still confinement,” said veteran defense attorney Paul Cambria, adding that a “camp is the best place to be.”
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“They’re almost like a college dormitory situation. There’s usually no fences or barbed wire, or things like that. There’s obviously monitors and cameras and so on, but it is a fairly relaxed atmosphere,” Cambria said.
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“The camps are basically for white collar, non-violent — a lot of dollars-and-cents kind of crimes,” said Cambria, “things where violence is not involved.” The population typically consists of “business people, professionals, lawyers, doctors, dentists and accountants,” he added.
Meanwhile, the FPC Pensacola is a male-only, minimum-security prison that sits on 23 acres, according to the Bureau of Prisons.
The Chrisleys are appealing their conviction.
source: people.com
