EXCLUSIVE: Jaycee Dugard's New Life: No TV, Radio Or Newspapers Allowed

Posted on Sep 23, 2009 @ 11:47AM

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After 18 years in captivity Jaycee Dugard's return to civilization is not what you might expect.

She's not allowed to watch TV, read newspapers or listen to the radio, her stepfather Carl Probyn says in an interview.

Click here to see exclusive photos from inside the house of Jaycee's kidnappers

After all those years in isolation while being held by Phillip and Nancy Garrido, Jaycee is being heavily debriefed by the law enforcement authorities. Her exposure to the outside world is severely limited as cops make sure her memory is not tainted by press reports.

Click here to see photos of the backyard prison where Jaycee was held.

Jaycee and her daughters Angel and Starlit have a lot of adjusting to do and Probyn said: "They are going a little stir crazy. We don't know how much longer they have to stay in hiding but we will do it the right way for however long it takes because we have to make sure they are brought along slowly so they can deal with all of this in a healthy way.

"They're doing as well as can be expected."

Click here to read report about Jaycee's biological father suddenly hiring attorney Gloria Allred.

Jaycee was kidnapped at age 11. Garrido is the father of her two daughters.

Now that she's been reunited with her mother and other relatives, Jaycee and her daughters are hoping to get back the pets Garrido allowed them to have - two dogs, five cats, a pigeon, a mouse, three cockatiels and a parakeet. The parakeet is in foster care.

The others also may go to foster care before Jaycee is ready to take them back.

"Jaycee and the girls are very attached to their pets and are very concerned about them and they do want them back," Lt. Nancy Anderson of the Contra Costa County Animal Services Department told RadarOnline.com. "The liaison has been in contact with Jaycee and our department and has been asking for updates on the animals."

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Comments

Terry, Jaycee and daughters: Fly over the Cuckoo's Nest!!!

by Tilia
Posted Wed, 09/23/2009 - 5:36pm

And what kind of therapy could replace a sweat home, the pets, possibility to go to school and have friends or to do excursions in nature, a job in a printing office?

by Tilia
Posted Wed, 09/23/2009 - 4:41pm

Please give me the address of the responsibles! This is false imprisonment and metal cruelty! Since when attestors in other cases are secluded and don't have media access?

by Tilia
Posted Wed, 09/23/2009 - 4:37pm

POOR JAYCEE HAS NEVER HAD POWER OVER HER LIFE. SHE SHOULD DEMAND THOSE PETS --OR STOP TALKING TO ANYBODY. SHE'S BEEN DEPRIVED OF ENOUGH ... HOW CAN ANYONE BE SO CRUEL & DISMISSIVE OF HER?

by karenlee2240
Posted Wed, 09/23/2009 - 3:50pm

THESE 3 YOUNG FEMALES HAVE SUFFERED ENOUGH! For God's sake: GIVE THEM THEIR PETS. IT'S LITTLE ENOUGH TO HAVE THE COMFORT OF THE PETS THEY LOVED ... WHAT IS WRONG w/COPS & CARETAKERS?

by karenlee2240
Posted Wed, 09/23/2009 - 3:48pm

May be the pets aren't given back, because animals protectors estimate the conditions under which Jaycee and her family has to live now, aren't animal-friendly?????

by Tilia
Posted Wed, 09/23/2009 - 3:04pm

The testimony of Elisabeth Fritzl was videotaped . So she needn't to stay secluded in hospital until the beginning of the process. Is Jaycee to stay hidden for one year? Why not question her now and let live the family and pets in freedom?

by Tilia
Posted Wed, 09/23/2009 - 1:45pm

Why don't they have their animals yet? That is not right.

by Belinda07
Posted Wed, 09/23/2009 - 1:36pm

This story is so very very Sad. i hope this man and woman rot!! Such sick and twisted minds. The worst part is they do not feel they have done anything wrong!
I pray for this family and that they can one day find Peace and Closure.

by mili
Posted Wed, 09/23/2009 - 11:35am

Guys, they're probably allowed to read books, see DVDs, go play in their yawd -- gesh! You can't say one prison to another -- she's back w her family.

by Silverlaker
Posted Wed, 09/23/2009 - 11:34am