Husband of ‘Real Housewives’ star challenges prison ruling
FORT DIX, N.J. — The husband of “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Teresa Giudice says prison officials are improperly preventing him from entering an alcohol-treatment program as he serves a sentence for bankruptcy fraud.
Joe Giudice said authorities at Fort Dix are using a detainer placed on him by Immigration and Customs Enforcement as a reason to exclude him from the prison’s treatment program, according to a court filing Friday.
Inmates at the prison can’t join the program if a detainer prevents completion of the community treatment aspect, according to the Bureau of Prisons’ website. Giudice is to be deported to his native Italy after completing his 41-month sentence under federal immigration laws.
A judge recommended that Giudice participate in the program after he and his wife were sentenced in 2014.