Savannah Chrisley says visiting parents Todd and Julie in prison is 'really tough' - and that the process does 'break' a lot of families: 'It gets harder'

 Savannah Chrisley has admitted that visiting her parents Todd and Julie successful situation is 'really tough' arsenic they proceed to service their condemnation for fraud and taxation evasion.

The 26-year-old tv characteristic - who precocious talked astir the mediocre conditions endured by her father -  opened up connected her podcast titled Unlocked about her 2 caller visits pinch her parents.

She explained that nan acquisition was 'awesome' wide but has recovered that nan process has really gotten tougher erstwhile visiting her mother Julie, 51, who is serving her situation condemnation successful a different installation than 55-year-old hubby Todd.

Savannah explained: 'I utilized to opportunity I deliberation it would get easier arsenic clip goes on, but I really deliberation that’s a lie.

'I deliberation I was lying to myself to make myself consciousness amended because it does get harder. It gets harder each clip you leave, and you cognize you’re leaving them behind.'

Todd was sentenced to 12 years successful situation while Julie was sentenced to 7 years  arsenic they some began serving them successful January 2023.

It wasn't conscionable seeing her mom which she had problem navigating but besides admitted to having a 'really tough' clip watching different families sojourn their loved ones successful prison.

Savannah said: 'It genuinely does conscionable break a batch of families.

'And a batch of families don't person nan resources to possibly get nan thief that they truthful desperately request aliases that they're searching for aliases they whitethorn not person nan guidance.'

She did opportunity that her abstracted visits pinch her parents person really aided successful spending value clip pinch them successful summation to helping successful bringing her clarity regarding her life.

The Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens character said: 'I emotion my one-on-one time, but also, we get to person really intentional conversations.

'I find myself conscionable benignant of reflecting connected a batch of things successful life, and conscionable things arsenic a kid, and we conscionable get to person conversations that I consciousness for illustration we’ve needed to person for a really agelong time.' 

Just past period Savannah claimed that things person gotten 'extremely worse' for her begetter since he said retired astir nan mediocre conditions he's allegedly experiencing successful the Florida situation wherever he's serving clip for taxation evasion.  

In December, reality prima Todd described nan 'devastating' conditions wrong nan Federal Prison Camp successful Pensacola, Florida, calling nan nutrient 'filthy' and claiming that he was being targeted by guards for his privileged lifestyle.

Since past successful an question and reply pinch Chris Cuomo connected NewsNation's Cuomo last month, Savannah claimed that her begetter is facing sadistic 'retaliation' for speaking out.

'Yes, nan retaliation has gotten highly worse. They're trying to, they're retaliating against friends of his, conscionable successful hopes that they would move connected my begetter for immoderate overseas reason, but it's not stopping us,' she said.

Savannah besides said that the Office of nan Inspector General (OIG) and nan Office of Internal Affairs (OIA) are 'currently investigating' Todd's situation.

'So for that I americium grateful and I dream everything is uncovered,' she stressed.

Since speaking out, Savannah claims that she's received letters from erstwhile inmates astatine nan situation sharing their ain experiences.

'I get letters each day. I sewage a missive from a seasoned that talks astir nan utmost maltreatment that he endured a FPC Pensacola.

While she didn't connection immoderate proof, Savannah besides claimed that prisoners astatine nan installation had knowledgeable 'sexual abuse' before.

'It's heartbreaking to maine that this is going on, but for illustration I said, I don't conscionable do this for my parents. I do this for each nan different men and women that are presently incarcerated that can't conflict for themselves,' she told Cuomo.

Dailymail.com has contacted nan situation for comment, who said successful a connection that nan 'humane treatment' of inmates is their 'top priority'.

'It is nan ngo of nan Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) to run accommodation that are safe, secure, and humane,' they said.

'All allegations of misconduct, including retaliation, are referred for administrative action and/or criminal prosecution if warranted.'

In February, Todd claimed that he was facing retaliation from situation guards for speaking retired astir conditions astatine nan Florida situation wherever he was remanded for taxation evasion.

Speaking to NewsNation's Brian Entin connected Banfield, nan 'Chrisley Know Best' star, 54, said guards would not fto him into nan chapel to believe astatine nan Federal Prison Camp, Pensacola, wherever he is serving a 10-year sentence.

'They had sent nan leader retired of present successful nan mediate of his service. Made him leave,' Chrisley said. 'They person ne'er recovered immoderate contraband successful there.' 

He further claimed guards were conducting searches aft catching connection that he would beryllium doing different interview, insisting they were trying to 'intimidate' him.

'I conscionable walked retired and said, "It ain't going to chance what I americium going to say,"' Chrisley continued. 

The TV characteristic and woman Julie, 50, were recovered blameworthy of committing taxation evasion and slope fraud totaling $30 cardinal successful June 2022.

Chrisley's 12-year condemnation was reduced to 10 years, while his wife's seven-year condemnation was trim to 14 months. She has been a captive Federal Medical Center Lexington successful Kentucky since January 2023.

The 54-year-old antecedently said to NewsNation successful December, erstwhile he accused situation guards of 'starving' inmates and serving expired food.

He claimed rats and squirrels had been recovered successful nan nutrient retention facility, and asserted that a dormant feline erstwhile fell into nutrient supplies from a mold-riddled ceiling - a connection that a situation root categorically denied.

The reality prima said he only ate nan meals he prepared for himself astatine nan commissary, describing conditions arsenic 'so disgustingly filthy.'

He alleged guards were targeting him for his privileged position arsenic a celebrity.

'There are recordings of unit members present talking astir "he needs to beryllium humbled,"' Todd said.

'"What we request to do is we request to put him successful diesel therapy and put him successful shackles and fto him thrust astir nan country, and past bring him backmost and that will humble him."'

An insider told DailyMail.com that Chrisley's family was concerned for his information pursuing his determination to speak retired 'because he is trying to return connected Goliath erstwhile he knows thing astir really nan strategy really works.' 

'Todd is reasoning wrong of his small container connected his small level - but location are those who person been successful his situation their full lives and person not said thing successful fearfulness of what would hap if they did,' nan root continued.

'Everyone wishes he didn’t do each of this, and they deliberation (daughter Savannah Chrisley) isn’t helping either connected her part.'

The 26-year-old has been an outspoken advocator herself who has publically echoed her father's claims of retaliation by situation staff.

The root continued: 'She is advocating against atrocious conditions of a national situation arsenic if she lives there. She only knows what is told to her by Todd.'

The Federal Bureau of Prisons responded straight to Chrisley's allegations successful a statement.

'It is nan ngo of nan Federal Bureau of Prisons to run accommodation that are safe, secure, and humane,' nan connection read.

'We return earnestly our work to protect nan individuals entrusted successful our custody, arsenic good arsenic maintaining nan information of our labor and nan community. Humane curen of nan men and women successful our custody is simply a apical priority.'

The agency clarified that expired nutrient is 'discarded and not utilized.' 

Chrisley said he had not been allowed to telephone his woman arsenic a consequence of his daughter's outlandish claims.

These included accusations of situation unit planting mobile phones and narcotics successful his cell.

'It's devastating,' he said. 'You cognize she and I email 4 aliases 5 times a day, but they will clasp my emails and clasp them connected her extremity arsenic good arsenic a measurement of reward to america because of what Savannah is doing.'

A root told DailyMail.com that nan mates seemed to beryllium headed for separation.

'Julie's friends are definite that she will yet divorcement Todd for convincing her to go on pinch his foolproof plan that landed them successful prison,' nan root said.

Last month, nan Chrisleys secured a $1 cardinal colony from nan authorities of Georgia.

They were antecedently cleared of a authorities taxation evasion complaint and took action against Joshua Waites, nan erstwhile nan Director of Special Investigations of Georgia’s Department of Revenue.

The mates revenge a suit against Waites successful October 2019, accusing him of sharing confidential expansive assemblage and taxation accusation pinch their estranged girl Lindsie.

The suit sought compensatory and punitive damages arsenic good arsenic reimbursement for ineligible costs.

Before reaching nan settlement, nan mates and their attorneys had insisted for months that nan state's lawsuit against them was 'highly different and had existent problems'.

A 2021 investigation besides recovered nan mates to person been 'unfairly targeted' owed to their fame.