The Chrisley’s Situation is Proof Positive People Aren’t Aware What Prison Means

Reports that Todd Chrisley is being housed in the nation’s 2nd cushiest prison prove this.

Damian Delune
4 min readJan 23, 2023
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We’ve all heard the term “Club Fed” and likely have an idea in our minds as to what that means. Sure, it’s still a prison, but it probably has lackadaisical rules, unlocked cell doors, comfortable mattresses, good food, probably even conjugal visits — inmates running the asylum so to speak.

Recently, Todd and Julie Chrisley were ordered to report to prison after being sentenced to federal time — due to a federal conviction for bank fraud and tax evasion. Todd was sentenced to 12 years and Julie, to seven. The camp that Todd is being housed in, Federal Prison Camp Pensacola, has been named by Forbes, the second cushiest federal camp in America.

First of all, I’m a bit leery of Forbes ranking prison camps to begin with. Sure, I know some folks who’ve landed themselves on other lists Forbes tracks have also managed to land themselves in prison, but come on. However, reading the article, we learn Forbes didn’t exactly rank the prisons themselves, they took their information from a book.

The Federal Prison Guidebook, though thorough at 600 pages and covering everything from programs and…

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Damian Delune

Incarcerated writer sharing real stories about life on the inside, through my wife, Demeter Delune (editor, publisher, promoter, responder)