Disgraced Subway poster boy Jared Fogle went from hawking sandwiches on TV to making them in prison. The convicted sex offender still has nearly five years left on his sentence.
Fogle, 46, has been incarcerated at FCI Englewood, a minimum-security federal prison outside Littleton, Colorado, since 2016 after pleading guilty to soliciting sex from a minor and possessing large amounts of child pornography.
When he first arrived at the facility, he was assigned to work in the kitchen, where he cooked and served lunch to the other inmates.
“It was kind of a joke,” said Pat Gannon, a former inmate who was incarcerated at the facility until 2021. “The Subway guy was handing out grilled cheeses. We used to laugh about it.”
Over the past eight years, Fogle has worked a variety of jobs, including cleaning and grounds maintenance, but according to information obtained by The Post, he recently returned to work in the kitchen.
The kitchen will begin serving breakfast at 6 a.m., according to FCI Englewood's inmate admissions and orientation handbook.
Lunch is provided during the day shift and dinner is served after a head count of all inmates at 4pm.
Fogle lost 245 pounds by eating sandwiches for almost every meal and landed a wildly successful ad campaign for Subway, earning millions of dollars from personal appearances and endorsements.
However, in 2015, authorities received a tip that the perverted ad man was involved in the sexual exploitation of minors.
Police searched Fogle's home and found approximately 400 child pornography videos in his possession, and prosecutors said he frequently hired escorts “to provide him with access to minors as young as 14 or 15 years old.”
After traveling from Indiana to New York City in August 2015, Fogle pleaded guilty to child pornography charges and paying an underage girl for sex and was sentenced to 15 years and eight months in prison.
In a 2021 handwritten letter obtained by The Post, Fogle acknowledged he was responsible for his own incarceration.
“I made some really terrible mistakes that got me into this situation,” the father of two wrote. “I was selfish and arrogant… All I can do is learn from my mistakes and become a better person when I get out in a few years.”
For now, Fogle is poor, spending less than $300 a month at the prison commissary and no longer has an expensive team of lawyers to represent him. Former inmates say he spends most of his time watching TV, writing letters and sending emails on the prison messaging system.
Fogle has repeatedly fought to have his sentence reduced, but has always failed.
He must serve at least 85 percent of the term.
Federal Bureau of Prisons records show the earliest he could be released is March 24, 2029.
He will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
