The Giudices pleaded guilty to 41 charges of fraud for lying on loan applications and a bankruptcy filing
Joe will serve his sentence after Teresa has finished hers
'My family is probably one of the strongest families I know,' her daughter Gia - who's shopping around a reality show - told Access Hollywood in November.
'So we'll get through this. It's gonna be fine. And when it's over, we're gonna be better than ever.'
The Real Housewives of New Jersey star has told daughters Gia and Gabriella about the family's legal woes, but she's reportedly keeping her incarceration a secret from her youngest girls.
'She told [Milania and Audriana] she is going to jail to work on a book about jail,' a source told
'Teresa and Joe feel that they are too young to fully comprehend what is going on.'
Teresa and Joe Giudice first came under suspicion in 2009 when the pair filed bankrupcy and then withdrew the filing just before an auction of their home's furniture was to take place.
In 2013, the couple were charged with about four dozen crimes including conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and bank fraud to take $5million over a decade. The couple was also accused of lying on loan applications and on their bankruptcy papers.
Husband Joe, who is an Italian citizen, was also accused of not filing his tax returns from 2004 to 2008, when the family made $1million.
While they originally planned to plead not guilty, the married couple eventually admitted guilt on 41 fraud charges.
In addition to their individual prison sentences, the couple will also have to pay $414,000 in restitution.
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