has again been transferred to another federal prison facility, which marks his fifth move in a five-year span.
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Josh Duggar Moves to Fifth Facility in Five Years
Josh Duggar has again been transferred to another federal prison facility, which marks his fifth move in a five-year span.Duggar, 38, was sent to Elkton Federal...
Duggar, 38, was sent to Elkton Federal Correctional Institution in Lisbon, , on July 8, a Bureau of Prisons spokesperson told KNWA/FOX24.
The facility is 'a low-security federal correctional institution with an adjacent low-security satellite prison,' with 2,048 total inmates, according to the BOP.
The city of Lisbon, which is in Northeast Ohio, is situated between Cleveland and Pittsburgh.
The latest move comes less than two months after Duggar was last transferred to a medical facility in .
The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Duggar and the Bureau of Prisons for further comment.
Josh Duggar, 38, has again been transferred to Elkton Federal Correctional Institution in Lisbon, Ohio, which marks his fifth move in a five-year span
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The facility is 'a low-security federal correctional institution with an adjacent low-security satellite prison' with 2,048 total inmates, according to the BOP
The former reality star is currently serving a prison sentence of about 12 1/2 years in his 2021 conviction for receiving and possessing material depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. He's slated to be released on February 2, 2033, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons' website.
Duggar, after his initial arrest in 2021, had been taken to the Washington County Detention Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
He was then transferred to the Texas-based FCI Seagoville facility, where he spent nearly four years, to Fort Worth FMC, according to records reviewed by the Daily Mail earlier this year.
Josh and wife Anna seen at CPAC in February of 2015, months before news broke of his past molestation
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Duggar said in a filing that the missed deadline should be overlooked since he had followed 'a prison mailbox rule.'
The rule validates items 'deposited in the institution's internal mailing system on or before the last day for filing,' according to legal docs reviewed by 5NewsOnline.
U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks declined Duggar's request, saying in his ruling that it lacked credibility.
The latest events come on the heels of major legal issues for Josh's younger brother Joseph, 31, who faces child molestation charges in a 2020 incident
'Back 12 years ago our family went through one of the most difficult times of our lives,' they said in a May 21, 2015 post. 'When Josh was a young teenager, he made some very bad mistakes and we were shocked.
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'We had tried to teach him right from wrong. That dark and difficult time caused us to seek God like never before.'
Jim Bob and Michelle continued, 'We pray that as people watch our lives they see that we are not a perfect family. We have challenges and struggles every day.'
