'When the time comes you just go': Joe Giudice talks about preparing for prison... and claims he didn't know he was doing any wrong on RHONJ

By Dailymail.com Reporter

Published: 01:07 EST, 27 October 2015 | Updated: 01:10 EST, 27 October 2015

Joe Giudice revealed how he is preparing himself for life behind bars on Sunday's episode of the Real Housewives Of New Jersey.

The 43-year-old reality star discussed what his mindset is before having to serve his prison term.

He said: 'I ain't even really thinking about myself going to jail. When the time comes, you just go.'

'When the time comes you just go': Joe Giudice talked about his preperations for prison on Sunday's episode of The Real Housewives Of New Jersey: Teresa Checks In Part Three

Joe also opened up about the fraud conviction that landed he and wife Teresa with prison sentences as he explained to their attorney James J. Leonard Jr that ignorance was perhaps to blame.

'I didn't know I was doing things wrong in the first place,' he explained. 'Basically I committed some kind of fraud with mortgages, and I know now it wasn't the right thing to do.'

Regardless of how this pans out the patriarch of the family will be happy to move on from this dark period in their lives.

Ignorance: When discussing the fraud, the 43-year-old reality star said: 'I didn't know I was doing things wrong in the first place'

Suit: Joe was confiding in their attorney James J. Leonard Jr

He told his lawyer: 'We're in this situation, we need to slowly climb out of it and never look back.'

It was quite an emotional episode as Joe Gorga broke down in tears after seeing his sister, Teresa, in prison for the first time.

Due to family tensions and prison bureaucracy Teresa already had been jailed for six months before her brother visited her and shed his tough guy persona.

Gorga, 36, admitted sobbing 'like a baby' when he saw Teresa in her prison garb coming out from behind the barred facility. 

Broke him: It was an emotional episode as Joe Gorga revealed crying 'like a baby' upon seeing his imprisoned sister Teresa Giudice

'To see her back there…like some chained animal you know…?' he lamented on the final part three of a special Bravo show The Real Housewives of New Jersey: Teresa Checks In.

'She broke down and held me, that's how she used to be,' he said.

The feisty New Jersey businesswomen is incarcerated in Connecticut on fraud charges with an estimated release date of December 23.

Tough on him: The father of three was anxious in the days leading up to the prison visit

Gorga had been fretting for days in the run-up to the meeting.

'I haven't slept in three days, and I have three more days to go,' he told his wife Melissa.

'My body is numb right now, I don't know what to think or feel,' he said.

No cameras: Joe sobbed inside the prison where cameras were not allowed

'We were brought up in a family that never cried. ..this broke me,' he sobbed after the depressing rendezvous.

'No brother wants to see his sister, locked up…with four kids,' he cried.

Tensions had been very strained between the two siblings for some time.

Straight shooter: The strained relationship between Joe and his sister was discussed openly

'I can't say there's much I miss about my sister right now,' he'd said beforehand.

'I miss the old Teresa,' added the reality star, who claimed to be intensely 'shocked' that his 'goody two shoes' sister could go so awry.

'We never got in any trouble as kids...we were too scared of our father,' he said.

Phoning home: Joe Giudice listened as his wife Teresa spoke romantically to him

Teresa, normally a formidable matriarch, was also feeling the strain behind bars.

After being denied conjugal visits she was desperate for physical affection.

On a phone call to her husband the 43-year-old reality star described how inmates describe becoming 'a virgin again' after spending time behind bars.

Speaker phone: Melissa Gorga listened in along with her husband and Joe

'In prison your vaginas get tighter? Maybe I'll send Melissa there,' said Joe Gorga crudely.

'There are girls that make dildos in here…I don't have one,' said Teresa, noting that the inmates get in trouble with the guards for their DIY vibrators.

She called her husband again craving his attention.

Frequent caller: Teresa checked in with Joe multiple times

'Hi sweetheart, I can't wait to be in your arms, forever. I want you to hold me really really tight and never let me go,' she said.

The show opened with Joe Giudice struggling with domestic issues in their New Jersey mansion.

While trying to handle his daughters the 43-year-old businessman dropped his phone in the pond.

Phone fishing: Joe put on some waders and grabbed a net to fish his cell phone out of the pond

Raise your hand: Gabriella suggested raising a hand if Milania was to blame for the cell phone mishap

As he grumpily dredged through the mud the girls laughed and took videos of him.

'After a full day of hanging out with my kids I think anybody would drink a bottle of wine at night,' he grumbled.

After numerous spats in the past Melissa, Teresa's sister in law, had been denied visiting rights.

Off the list: Melissa mentioned several times how she was not on Teresa's visiting list

James Leonard, Teresa's attorney explained: 'Federal prisoners submit a list of persons that they would like to have contact with while they are in prison'.

'My wife doesn't care about seeing Melissa,' said Joe.

Melissa was upset and defiant.

Sticking around: The mother of three said she wasn't going anywhere

'I've been in this family 11 years now, I'm not going anywhere,' she huffed.

Joe, who is facing his own 42-month jail next year, decided to take the kids to Upstate New York for a holiday.

His cousin Eugene did the driving since Joe no longer holds a license.

No license: Joe Giudice was seen riding around on his bicycle since he no longer holds a driver's license

Family fun: Teresa's cousin Rosie also made the trip to Upstate New York

As soon as they got to the house the girls found a chainsaw and a bullet.

'I'm going to need your help with these girls,' shrieked Melissa.

In true Italian-American style the family gathered to make pizzas in a traditional brick oven. They later went to the chapel to pray.

Gathering spot: Teresa was shown in a flashback at a family gathering in Upstate New York

Pizza oven: Joe took advantage of the pizza oven during the family outing

The girls struggled with the most basic of prayers.

'Right, when I get home we're going to church every single Sunday,' raged Teresa on the phone.

Gia, 14, was complaining about having to care for her sisters.

Strong girl: Gia complained about having to take care of her sisters but also stepped up

Helping out: Gabriella also was praised by her father for taking on extra chores

'Mom's not here, it's rough…I'd rather be with my friends sometimes,' she said.

In his wife's absence Joe asked his daughter Milania to shave his back.

'By you working for me you could be a tax reduction for me,' he told her.

Back hair: Milania has taken over shaving Joe's back

The embattled father of four was also required to discuss his restitution payments and future plans with their lawyer.

'When she comes home she will be under home confinement,' warned the attorney.

'I've just got to take it day by day,' he sighed.

Legal talk: The family's attorney James Leonard said they had been making progress on restitution payments

'I can't wait until this is all over'.

Teresa was set to return on December 23 with Joe scheduled to begin his prison term in March 2016. 

The first installment of the three-part series aired on October 11.

Christmas time: Teresa is scheduled to be released on December 23

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