![]() Some progressive groups have begun to push for killers sentenced to life without parole as teens to have their sentences re-examined. Rebecca claims it is 'inhumane' to make men like her husband spend the rest of their lives behind bars for crimes committed as teenagers.' these are actually only a few of the dozens of rejects currently waiting for deletion.' ![]() She also shared her frustrations at trying to send her spouse selfies to help him keep his pecker up - only to be denied the chance to do so by prison firewalls.Įxplaining her plight on social media, she wrote: 'Trying to get that one selfie to send husband… just one … and each and everyone is a no. a lot of women get 'post visit' blues, but I can't allow myself to do that.' ![]() She was allowed to bring bed linens, dish soap and protective coverings for mattresses, pillows and couches - as well as cleaning supplies.Įxplaining the blues that follow after a conjugal visit ends, she said: ' 'I have to look at it as I am happy that we had that time versus being sad that it is over. 'They release the appointments 6:30am on Saturday morning's and by 6:35am they are almost always gone.'ĭuring their last visit, she says she arrived 30 minutes early. 'We have been lucky the last few weeks and I was able to obtain video visits but they tend to go quickly,' she said. She explains that the phone situation at prison isn't great and the pair only get to speak three times a week, and the video visits are hard to snag. On being reunited with her husband, she says they also like to 'sit and talk, like really talk about things we haven't been able to speak on the phone about,' that she said they cannot do in a 15-minute phone call. She said that she met him through her nephew who was serving a juvenile life sentence Rebecca met her husband 11 years ago, after the pair started writing letters to each other. She told how she can rarely sleep the night before a conjugal visit, and repeatedly checks the paperwork she requires - including her state ID and marriage certificate. Rebecca looks forward to the conjugal visits so much that she keeps a timer app on her phone that counts down to the next one. Their last visit was in March, when they got to spend some quality time together.īut demand for the meet-ups - dubbed 'f**k visits' by prisoners - is so strong that many only receive one or two a year, because of the staff needed to oversee them. Inmates can apply for up to 48 hours with their spouse four times a year, in a private 'apartment' on prison grounds that is often a trailer home. ![]() They were finally able to consummate their marriage in 2017 after California opened up conjugal visits, also known as family visits, to prisoners convicted of more serious crimes. The pair quickly became smitten, and wed two years later, in 2014. Rebecca began chatting with her killer husband in 2012, after they were introduced as pen pals by her nephew, a juvenile lifer. The daycare worker claimed that she and other prison wives to try and avoid making their jailbird spouses 'grieve' for love, which can make them vulnerable while behind bars. Speaking about how she and her husband cope without one another, Rebecca told : 'I would say that those that are incarcerated long periods have to - in some sense - turn that part of themselves off.' He was jailed for life without parole aged 19 for killing someone during an armed robbery. Rebecca would only give her first name, and refused to share her husband's name. ![]()
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