Josh Duggar Reportedly Placed in Solitary Confinement for ‘Rule Violations’

Convicted sex offender Josh Duggar was placed in solitary confinement after violating prison rules, according to his cousin Amy Duggar.

“His release date has been pushed back, so we can praise God for that,” she shared via TikTok on Friday, April 24. “He’s lost more ‘good time’ credit because of his rule violations.”

According to Amy, 39, the exact rules that her disgraced cousin allegedly broke are unclear, but Josh, 38, was previously caught using a cell phone in prison.

“What’s crazy is that he was trying to prove to the court that he is a good person,” she added. “He’s been trying to appeal his sentence ever since he got in…yet he’s breaking rules behind closed doors and doing things that are not allowed in prison.”

Josh was originally sentenced to 151 months in prison after being convicted of receiving and possessing material depicting minors under the age of 12 engaging in sexually explicit conduct in 2021. His original release date was set for August 2032.

According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the former 19 Kids & Counting star’s new release date is February 2, 2033, People reported.

“There is no way … to know the basis of a deviation of this limited magnitude,” Josh’s attorney, Beau Brindley, told People on Wednesday, April 29, of the latest setback. “[It could] be the result of program availability, which is wholly out of the inmate’s control.”

Josh is in the midst of his fourth and final appeal of the conviction, per the outlet.

As Globe previously reported, Josh’s brother, Joseph, has recently been accused of similar crimes. The 31-year-old was arrested in March and charged with lewd and lascivious behavior (molestation of a victim less than 12 years old) and lewd and lascivious behavior conducted by a person 18 years or older in Bay County, Florida. He pleaded not guilty.