Josh Duggar's Lawyer Blasts Reality Star's 'Punitive' Prison Transfer Amid 12-Year Sentence

19 Kids and Counting star Josh Duggar was recently transferred to the FTC Oklahoma prison from FMC Fort Worth in Texas — a move his lawyer heavily criticized.

The reality star's attorney, Beau Brindley, told TMZ on Monday, June 29, that the transfer was simply "punitive."

Duggar, 38, was arrested in April 2021 on charges of receiving and possessing child s------- abuse material.

The s-- offender was found guilty in December of that year and was later sentenced to 12 years in prison for his crimes.

After his conviction, he was sent to Texas' FCI Seagoville prison before he was quietly moved last month.

According to Brindley, Duggar's transfer stemmed from correctional officers reportedly violating the rules by opening his legal mail at Seagoville.

The TLC alum reportedly brought up the violations at a court hearing, with Seagoville employees stating he was going to be relocated to a different prison.

Brindley also alleged the Seagoville officers erased Duggar's list of approved people he's allowed to contact, and therefore, he wasn't allowed to call them anymore.

FTC Oklahoma is a temporary processing facility for inmates to stay between prison transfers, meaning Josh will likely be moved again to another penitentiary to serve out the remainder of his sentence.

Newly exposed text messages Josh sent to his mom, Michelle Duggar, after his trial surfaced last month, with the father-of-seven venting out his frustrations with life behind bars.

"[F]amily members continuing to judge and condemn, saying hurtful things is so hard to deal with," Josh wrote to his mother, according to People.

He also claimed he received "more compassion and love from strangers" than he did from members of his own family and "close friends" after his conviction.

"[I'm] still in shock and awe of how hurtful and judgmental people can be," Josh ranted on in the messages, adding there was a complete lack of "decency and respect" for the "seven little kids and wife crying themselves to sleep every night without daddy."

Josh and his wife, Anna, married in 2008 and share seven kids together — Mackynzie, 16, Michael, 15, Marcus, 13, Meredith, 10, Mason, 8, Maryella, 6, and Madyson, 4.

"[E]ven just to be quiet and shut up and not say anything, but no, its [sic] like they enjoy it and they have been waiting to ambush me," Josh continued in the texts.

"I'm so sorry for all that you, your precious bride, and sweet children are going through. Josh.????" Michelle, 59, responded back, with her son not messaging her for nearly a month following the conversation.