
Lesbian Sex, Strip Searches, And Brawls! Inside Teresa Giudice’s Prison Memoir

Jan. 31 2016, Published 2:51 p.m. ET
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Teresa Giudice may need more than a book to document her 12-month prison stint! The Real Housewives of New Jersey star reflected on the hardships behind bars in her new memoir, Turning The Tables: From Housewife to Inmate and Back Again.
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Giudice, 43, journey began when she first arrived and was forced to strip, squat, stick out her tongue and cough. “I wanted to die,” she wrote.
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It didn’t get any easier for the mother-of-four, as day two she was alarmed by ”muffled sounds” coming from two of her five roommates.
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“I could see two women ... writhing around ... I cannot believe this is happening!” she explained. This happened so frequently that her room later became known as “The Boom Boom Room.”
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The old reality show veteran recalls “straight inmates who became ‘gay for the stay’ behind bars, unsettling shower escapades, and prisoners selling their bodies for commissary money.”
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Rather than partaking in the business, Giudice fantasized about her husband, Joe, who is sentenced for four years in prison beginning in March.
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Teresa’s book will hit shelves on Feb. 9, the same day that her first post-prison TV interview will air.
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