06/28/2012 21:50

By Holly Passalaqua, Katie Rhames and Rebecca Macatee

Amber Portwood's had a rough 2012 so far.

After multiple stints in jail this year from failing to adhere to the terms of her probation, she finally checked into an Indiana correctional facility earlier this month to begin serving her five-year sentence. (It resulted from her December arrest for drug possession.)

As if being a 22-year-old behind bars isn't bad enough, reports have surfaced that Amber has been forbidden from seeing her daughter, Leah.

So is the story true that Amber and Leah will really not reunite for half a decade?!

No way.

Fortunately, Amber's brother Shawn tells E! News exclusively that she's in a "mandatory reception period [where] they are in the process of transitioning her from one place to another…It's only a matter of time before she sees Leah."