Joseph Duggar
Jail officers intently monitor him within the safety room
Printed March 20, 2026 at 3:23am PDT
Jail could be a harmful place for folks…however not for Joseph Duggar, who may be very safe inside, TMZ has realized.
The previous “19 Children and Counting” star was held in a “safe” space of the Washington County Jail in Arkansas whereas awaiting extradition to Bay County, Florida, on prices of sexually abusing a 9-year-old lady, in line with the jail’s supervisory corporal.
The corporal informed TMZ…Joseph isn’t allowed to have any contact with different inmates for his personal security due to the excessive profile case. Our sources say jail officers are nicely conscious of Joseph’s notoriety and are “always monitoring” him, checking on him hourly, if not sooner.
We additionally heard that officers sporting physique cameras had been stationed close to Joseph’s cell to keep watch over him to verify he did not get damage. The corporal mentioned no cameras had been put in to watch the cell as a result of it violates Arkansas privateness legal guidelines.
As we reported…Joseph was arrested in Arkansas on Wednesday and charged with sexual abuse of a sufferer beneath 12 years of age and lewd and lascivious conduct by an individual over 18 years of age.
Police mentioned Joseph sexually abused a 9-year-old lady in 2020 whereas she was vacationing along with her household in Panama Metropolis Seashore, Florida. The lady, now 14, informed police that Joseph requested her to sit down with him on the sofa beneath a blanket. She mentioned Joseph then “manipulated” her underwear and touched her non-public components whereas rubbing his arms on her thighs.
Joseph and the remainder of the Duggar household appeared on TLC’s “19 Children and Counting” from 2008 to 2015. The favored present was canceled after Joseph’s older brother Josh was accused of sexually abusing 5 youngsters, together with 4 of his youthful sisters.
In 2022, Josh was convicted of receiving and possessing little one sexual abuse pictures and sentenced to over 12 years in federal jail.
