Teresa Giudice to get jailhouse visit from family
EDUARDO MUNOZ/REUTERS Teresa Giudice can shop in the jail commissary once a week. The Giudices will bring a little taste of New Jersey to Connecticut this weekend.
“Real Housewife” turned jailbird Teresa Giudice is getting a visit from husband Joe and daughters Gia, Gabriella, Audriana and Milania on Saturday, when the family will head to Danbury Federal Prison to visit the “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star, Confidenti@l has learned.
The meeting will likely be heart-wrenching for the reality star, as we’re told by a Danbury prison official that Giudice’s family is only allowed to see her a maximum of three days a week. With the girls’ school schedules, the clan will likely see her between 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. only on weekends.
“You can stay the day, but it’s unlikely when it gets busy,” another prison insider tells us, adding that Saturdays are usually pretty crowded. “If there are too many visitors, they tell you time is up.”
Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images Joe and Teresa Giudice with their children at daughter Milania’s 7th birthday celebration in New Jersey in 2013. Contrary to reports that Giudice’s prison sentence has been reduced, her lawyer James J. Leonard Jr. tells us that the sentence remains the same.
“Her sentence was not reduced. It was 15 months, and under federal law you only have to serve 85% of that. That’s the law and her sentence has always been the same. When it’s calculated, it’s designated as her full sentence,” Leonard tells Confidenti@l, adding that she’ll likely be home by Christmas.
The New Jersey-based lawyer also tells us Giudice has already made friends in the big household and that she seems to be in a “positive” state of mind.
Norman Y. Lono/for New York Day after day News Joe Giudice loads up his kids to take them to school after Teresa checks into prison. “She’s getting acclimated well and says everyone’s being nice to her,” he says.
As for the luxury-loving star’s high-end grooming practices, Giudice still will be able trim her eyebrows in prison.
Confidenti@l has learned that she can shop at the clink commissary once a week, and that her assigned day to buy any looked-for food and drink or beauty treats is Monday.
Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images Teresa Giudice’s family is only allowed to see her a maximum of three days a week. Among the items that she can buy, including food and grooming aids, are ponytail holders and toenail clippers.
The spa-loving Giudice will have to pare down her beauty routine, though, washing her hair with a choice of Pantene, VO5 Kiwi Lime, Selsun Blue or Head & Shoulders. For soap, the bubble bath-loving star can choose a bar soap from Dove, Ivory, Pure, Dial and Irish Spring. If she’s feeling spendy, she can also buy a soap dish for 70 cents.
And for a little TMI, Giudice will be using a plush Charmin on her bottom.
Richard Harbus/for New York Day after day News The reality star tartan into Danbury Federal Prison Monday morning. Pudding, popcorn and peanut butter are her food and drink, but inmates are limited to just two at a time.
We’ve also learned Giudice does not yet have privileges to make outgoing calls, but can hear incoming calls. And except she befriends a very nice corrections officer, her time will be limited.
The high-end-loving reality star will also have zero Internet access while on the inside. She’ll be able to send emails, but only under a system called TRULINCS, which lets emails be exchanged between inmates and the general public, but in a secure manner. All messages are limited to 13,000 characters and are read by a jail official and approved before they are sent. Messages are limited to text, so Giudice will not be able to hear any pictures of her girls over the next year.
