Things aren’t looking too bright for Todd Chrisley as he continues his 12-year federal prison sentence. He’s got a lot to say about the conditions he’s living in, and those around him.
In a new interview with NewsNation, the Chrisley Knows Best star said his stay behind bars is not ideal, adding staff members are allegedly blackmailing him. “There are recordings of staff members here talking about, ‘He needs to be humbled,’” he said. “There was a photograph taken of me while I was sleeping and sent to my daughter, asking for $2,600 dollars a month for my protection.”
Todd’s oldest children, Savannah and Chase Chrisley, have spoken publicly about the unjust treatment they believe their parents are receiving while locked away, claiming black mold, lack of air conditioning, and “improper medical care.”
Is Todd being sabotaged in prison?
According to Todd, the quality of his stay goes far beyond what Savannah has described. “It is so disgustingly filthy. The food is literally, I’m not exaggerating — the food is dated, and it’s out of date by, at minimum, a year,” he said.
“It’s a year past expiration. And they are literally starving these men to death here. These men are getting — I don’t know — they are getting a thousand calories a day.”
Although the prison offers inmates free meals, Todd uses his money to buy food at the commissary. However, he claims this, too, has been sabotaged. “I’ve been told this by a staff member — one of the ways she’s trying to break me is by cutting down what you can buy in [the] commissary,” he revealed.
“So, before she came here, you could buy 12 packs of tuna a week. She cut it down to six, and from six, it went to three. She had not given a reason — when I asked her about it, she said commissary is a privilege, not a right.”
Despite not being able to buy as much food as before, Todd still gets enough to push on. “I eat tuna, I eat peanut butter — that’s where I get protein. I eat, like, a pasta salad that I make. And then I start over again doing the same thing the next week.”
TELL US — WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT TODD’S CLAIMS? DO YOU THINK IT’S FAIR HE CAN’T BUY AS MUCH AS BEFORE?
