The former reality star was arrested on child molestation charges on March 18 and has been in an Arkansas prison since

NEED TO KNOW

• Joseph Duggar’s prison calls and visitor records after he was arrested on child molestation charges on March 18 have been revealed
• The 19 Kids and Counting alum remains in an Arkansas jail after he allegedly confessed to molesting a 9-year-old in 2020
• Joseph and wife Kendra Duggar, who was also arrested and charged with various counts, face prison sentences of up to 8 years and thousands in fines if convicted on all counts

Joseph Duggar’s prison calls and visitor records after he was arrested on child molestation charges have been revealed.

The 19 Kids and Counting alum, 31, has called his wife, Kendra Duggar, multiple times from the Washington County Correctional Facility in Arkansas, where he’s been held since his March 18 arrest, according to phone records obtained by PEOPLE.

Joseph also called a management consultant on March 19, but the call was not picked up, Page Six reported.

Joseph, currently in solitary confinement, has only seen his attorney while in jail.

Joseph was arrested on child molestation charges on March 18, after he allegedly confessed to molesting a 9-year-old in 2020 during a phone call with the child's father and a detective with the local police department, according to an affidavit filed by the Bay County Sheriff's Office (BCSO) and obtained by PEOPLE.

He was charged with two counts of child sex abuse in connection with the incident involving the then-9-year-old girl, who was on vacation with her family in Panama City Beach, Fla., per the BCSO.

The girl, now 14, later participated in a forensic interview regarding a report of past sexual abuse, police said.

Her father also confronted Joseph about the incidents, and Joseph "allegedly admitted his actions to the father and Tontitown detectives," according to authorities.  

Two days after Joseph's arrest, Kendra was also arrested. She was released from custody on bail a few hours later.

A spokesperson for the family said the charges filed against Kendra, 27, are "totally unrelated" to the felony charges her husband is expected to face in Florida. "She’s not suspected or accused of participating in his alleged crime," the spokesperson said.

Kendra and Joseph, who share four children, are both facing four counts of endangering the welfare of a minor in the second degree and four counts of false imprisonment in the second degree, according to Arkansas' Tontitown Police Department (TPD).

During a collect phone call from the detention center, obtained by PEOPLE, Joseph told Kendra, "I've been spending a lot of time reading, uh, reading the Bible, they got me a Bible in here."

"I'm in solitary," he added, telling Kendra that he is spending "23 hours of the day" in "an 8-by-10 area" at the facility.

"Pretty small area, but I've been able to read a lot actually, and resting some, but I'm not sleeping great through the night," Joseph said.

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Kendra is not due back in court until April 29, while Joseph remains in custody awaiting extradition to Florida.

Both face prison sentences of up to 8 years and thousands in fines if convicted on all counts.

Joseph and Kendra have yet to comment publicly on any of the charges, and lawyers for the family have not responded to requests for comment.

Various Duggar family members have weighed in on the situation.

If you or someone you know has been a victim of sexual abuse, text "STRENGTH" to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741 to be connected to a certified crisis counselor.

If you suspect child abuse, call the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-4-A-Child or 1-800-422-4453, or go towww.childhelp.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.

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