JOSH Duggar has the option to play a number of activities from pickleball to basketball at his Texas prison, as inmates have hours of recreational time to enjoy. 

Josh, 35, is currently serving his 151-month sentence for child pornography charges in FCI Seagoville near Dallas, Texas. 

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The U.S. Sun has obtained exclusive photos of the recreational activities at the prison. 

In the photos, inmates are seen playing pickleball, tennis, basketball, horseshoes and walking the track.

A source told The U.S. Sun: “Inmates get recreational time in the early morning. They remain inside for a few hours and could return outside later in the afternoon.”

The insider continued: “Prisoners could also play musical instruments, as sometimes they play guitar outside during rec hours.”

But despite the activities, The U.S. Sun previously reported Josh chose to stay inside the prison the weekend of Friday, November 10 to Monday, November 13.

An insider previously told The U.S. Sun: “Josh was not seen outside engaging in sports, walking the track or participating in other recreational activities.”

The source added that “no one in Josh’s family came to visit him” in that time period.

This includes Josh’s loyal wife Anna, 35, and their seven young children. 

Visitation is from Fridays to Mondays.

Josh’s release date is October 2, 2032.

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APPEAL DENIED

Josh staying inside comes after his appeal was officially denied. 

Josh’s lawyer, Justin Gelfand, filed an appeal to overturn the conviction and have a new trial in October 2022. 

He argued that federal agents allegedly seized Josh’s phone when he tried to contact his attorney during a raid at his car lot a year and a half before the arrest, as he spoke to the agents without counsel present.

Joshua Handell for the prosecution replied: “Mr. Duggar was not in custody at any point during the search of the used car lot… Mr. Duggar was repeatedly told he was not in custody and was free to leave.

“He said his wife was pregnant and expecting soon. He may have to leave in order to contact her. The agent said that’s perfectly fine.

“Mr. Duggar did leave the scene at a time of his choosing and without being arrested… Mr. Duggar voluntarily ended the interview. He was not arrested until a year and a half later.”

The judge said after hearing both sides: “I am a little concerned though… The agent knew he was trying to call his counsel. It appears that might have been the only way he could’ve done so.

“It does concern me when someone makes an attempt to contact counsel… and is unable to call counsel because there is no alternative way to do it. I’ve never seen that before.”

BLAMING CALEB WILLIAMS

Also during the hearing, Justin brought up Josh’s employee Caleb Williams, who he claims could have committed the crime.

Justin said: “Caleb Williams worked at Wholesale Motorcars, which is the scene of the alleged crime. He regularly used the only computer, the HP computer, for purposes that had nothing to do with Wholesale Motorcars or Josh Duggar.

“He texted Mr. Duggar on May 7, approximately a week before the alleged crime, offering to go watch the lot the following week. He took a photo of Mr. Duggar in the office where the alleged crime occurred. Showing Mr. Duggar used a Macbook, not the HP computer.”

When the judge asked about Caleb not being at the car lot at the time of the crimes, and their ability to still call him as a witness at trial, Justin responded: “District Court said if he says he wasn’t there and didn’t remote in, if he denies committing the crime, that’s as far as you’re going to get.”

Referring to his evidence against Caleb, Justin replied: “He places himself regularly at the car lot using the only computer seized with child pornography on it. The court deprived Mr. Duggar of that ability.”

Joshua Handell responded: “The partition section of Mr. Duggar’s computer, which was the part of the computer containing all of the child sexual abuse material, had to have been installed by someone at Mr. Duggar’s computer on May 13, 2019. There is no evidence Mr. Williams was present on the car lot or even in the state of Arkansas on that date.

“There was abundant evidence Mr. Williams was not present in Arkansas on that date. He was outside Arkansas between May 11 and May 16, the government has receipts, video and live testimony from multiple witnesses that he was outside Arkansas.”

Joshua Handell continued with the evidence against Josh: “Text messages place Mr. Duggar at the scene of the crime. On May 15 at 11:15 am, Mr. Duggar sent a text message that read: ‘I’m at my car lot.’ Twenty minutes later at 11:35 am, child sexual abuse material was downloaded on the partition section of Mr. Duggar’s computer.”

Caleb was arrested for criminal sex abuse, unrelated to Josh’s case, after he was accused of sexually abusing a minor on or between May 2015 through May 2018.

He pled guilty to aggravated criminal sexual abuse after negotiating a plea agreement and was sentenced to 62 days in jail and 18 months probation on January 22, 2020.

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied his request for a new trial.

But Josh’s legal team didn’t give up, as his lawyer filed for an “extension of time within which he may file his petition for rehearing in this case,” which was granted at the time.

In Justin’s petition for rehearing, he claimed the district court “prevented Duggar from introducing alternative-perpetrator evidence, explaining at sidebar when Duggar sought to call a witness to the stand.”

The appeal was ultimately denied.

The U.S. Sun previously reported that a mandate (which is an official order) had been issued in his case on October 5, 2023. 

The appellate court notifies the lower court of the final decision. 

JOSH’S LEGAL TROUBLES

Josh was arrested and charged with possessing and receiving child pornography in April 2021. 

The jury submitted a guilty verdict and Josh was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison in May.

He was transferred to FCI Seagoville in June 2022.

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