Julie Chrisley was sent to a medical center for inmates — not the federal prison where she was set to serve her sentence

• Todd and Julie Chrisley reported to the Bureau of Prisons Tuesday to begin their prison sentences.
• Julie Chrisley is being held at an inmate medical center in Kentucky, officials told Insider.

Julie Chrisley, the reality television star who was set to begin her seven-year prison sentence for fraud on Tuesday at a Florida prison, is actually being housed hundreds of miles away at an inmate medical center in Kentucky, prison officials told Insider.

Todd and Julie Chrisley both reported to the Bureau of Prisons on January 17 to start their combined 19-year fraud sentences. The celebrity couple known for their USA Network reality show "Chrisley Knows Best," were convicted in June of defrauding banks out of more than $30 million by providing fake financial statements making them look wealthier than they were.

The duo had requested to serve their sentences at two Florida prisons located about 150 miles from one another. But a spokesperson with the Bureau of Prisons told Insider that while Todd Chrisley had arrived at the Federal Prison Camp in Pensacola, Florida on Tuesday, Julie Chrisley was in custody at the Federal Medical Center Lexington in Lexington Kentucky — and not at the Federal Correctional Institution Marianna in Jackson County, Florida.

"While we do not share the reasons why a specific inmate was designated or transferred to a particular correctional institution, we can share general information about the [Bureau of Prison's] designation process," the spokesperson said.

Factors that could have contributed to Julie Chrisley's last-minute locale switch-up include: the level of security and supervision an inmate requires; medical and programming needs; and proximity to an individual's release residence or court hearings.

The Lexington medical center has an adjacent minimum security satellite camp. It is unclear how long Julie will stay at the medical center or why she arrived there first.

Julie was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012 and underwent treatment the following year. In March 2022, she celebrated a decade of being cancer-free, telling People that her doctor told her she could stop taking cancer-treating drugs 10 years after her double mastectomy.