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Savannah Chrisley says she’s ‘scared’ where father Todd will end up once prison shuts down

Savannah and Todd Chrisley FILE. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)

ATLANTA — Savannah Chrisley says she has mixed emotions about the prison shutting down where her father Todd is being housed in Florida.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons announced in December that FPC Pensacola is among several federal facilities to close that are in “significant disrepair.” The prison will be demolished after about 500 prisoners and 100 staff members are relocated to other facilities.

That means Todd Chrisley will be moving to a different facility.

“FPC Pensacola is closing down. It’s a bittersweet feeling. I am happy it’s closing down because no human being should be subjected to the conditions or treatment that that facility gave,” Savannah Chrisley said during a recent episode of her podcast. “I’m sad that it’s closing down, because I don’t know where he’s gonna go. I don’t know where they’re gonna try and put him.”

Todd and his wife, Julie, were charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States, and tax fraud.

The Chrisleys were initially indicted in August 2019. Prosecutors said the couple submitted fake documents to banks when applying for loans.

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Since her parents’ incarceration, Savannah Chrisley has been an advocate for them about the conditions that she says they and other prisoners are living in.

Now, Savannah Chrisley says her father could end up in a prison much further away from her than he is now.

“I hope and pray that this does not happen, because that is pure retaliation and I will not stand for it,” she said.

She mentioned during her podcast that policy requires inmates “to be within 500 miles of your home.”

The young Chrisley said she actually wants to keep the facility to open a while longer so she can expose the poor conditions that she said Todd and other inmates have been living in.

“The facility is closing down and they will be demolishing that facility. I am going to do everything in my power to stop that demolition,” Chrisley said. “I need to know the amount of lead-based paint, black mold, asbestos. I need to know the numbers in the drinking water. I need to know it all because there are men leaving there with numerous medical issues, cancer, you name it.”

Savannah said that based on what she remembers from her mother being moved to Atlanta in September for her resentencing hearing, she knows the move will be rough on her father once the prison closes.

“I know it’s gonna be hard on dad, and it breaks my heart,” she said. “I don’t know where dad’s gonna go, and that’s the tough part.”


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