{"id":210420,"date":"2025-12-10T18:09:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T18:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/10\/is-jen-shah-still-in-prison-rhoslc-star-released-after-nearly-3-years\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T18:09:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T18:09:05","slug":"is-jen-shah-still-in-prison-rhoslc-star-released-after-nearly-3-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/10\/is-jen-shah-still-in-prison-rhoslc-star-released-after-nearly-3-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Jen Shah Still In Prison? \u2018RHOSLC&#8217; Star Released After Nearly 3 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandstylemag.com\/tags\/jen-shah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jen Shah<\/strong><\/a> is officially out of prison.<\/p>\n<p>The 52-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandstylemag.com\/tags\/the-real-housewives-of-salt-lake-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Real Housewives of Salt Lake City<\/em><\/a> star left the Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas on Wednesday, December 10. Shah had been behind bars since February 17, 2023, meaning she served just under three years \u2014 2 years, 9 months and 23 days \u2014 after being convicted of running a telemarketing fraud scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Her rep confirmed the news to People on December 10. After months of insisting she was innocent, Jen eventually entered a guilty plea in July 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am sorry. My actions have hurt innocent people,\u201d the reality star said at her sentencing on January 6, 2023. \u201cI want to apologize by saying, I am doing all I can to earn the funds to pay restitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not entirely clear where she\u2019s headed next. A spokesperson for the Bureau of Prisons explained that Jen \u201ctransferred on Dec. 10, 2025, from the Federal Prison Camp (FPC) Bryan to community confinement overseen by the Bureau of Prisons\u2019 (BOP) Phoenix Residential Reentry Management (RRM) Office.\u201d Community confinement could mean home detention or a halfway house, but for privacy reasons, her exact location isn\u2019t being disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>Jen and her assistant, <strong>Stuart Smith<\/strong>, were originally arrested in March 2021. She was handed a six-and-a-half year sentence, which was later reduced thanks to good behavior and participation in prison programs.<\/p>\n<p>In August, she was given another reduction, bringing her release date up to August 30, 2026. Fast forward to November, it was reported that the Federal Bureau of Prisons approved Shah\u2019s early release for December 10.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone\u2019s very grateful for the BOP\u2019s decision, especially because it means Jen will be able to reunite with her family for the holidays,\u201d Shah\u2019s manager, Chris Giovanni, told <em>People<\/em> at the time. \u201cIt\u2019s a gift she doesn\u2019t take for granted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, fans are wondering if she\u2019ll ever make a dramatic return to RHOSLC. <strong>Andy Cohen<\/strong> recently addressed the speculation on his SiriusXM show, making it crystal clear that Jen will not be reclaiming her reality TV spot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish her all the best in her next life,\u201d Cohen said, reiterating that Jen won\u2019t be back on the show. When co-host <strong>John Hill<\/strong> pressed him on why, Cohen didn\u2019t mince words, \u201cThere has to be a line.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandstylemag.com\/posts\/is-jen-shah-still-in-prison-rhoslc-star-released-after-nearly-3-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jen Shah is officially out of prison. The 52-year-old Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star left the Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas on Wednesday, December 10. Shah had been behind bars since February 17, 2023, meaning she served just under three years \u2014 2 years, 9 months and 23 days \u2014 after being [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":210421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-210420","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}