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Prison Marriages

Marriage to a prisoner is a difficult life-style choice. The divorce rate is 85% among couples where one spouse is incarcerated for one year or more.

Why Women Marry Prisoners They Really Don't Know

Generally women who marry prisoners they really don't know tend to be shy, have low self-esteem, consider themselves to be outsiders, have been victims of abuse, and they hunger for an emotional relationship. Here are more reasons why women marry prisoners they met through the mail or through their work.

How to Marry a Prisoner

Who to contact and what you need.

Prison and Marriage

Can a marriage survive a prison sentence?

How to Maintain a Long Distance Relationship

Marriage is a complicated relationship. Being apart physically makes a marriage even more challenging.

The Effects of Incarceration on Families of Prisoners

A paper written by Judee Reeves in 1994 that mentions statistics and what to do.

Families and Loved Ones of Prisoners

A look at how prisoners' families often insulted, and made to feel as if they are second class citizens.

Families Outside the Walls

A site dedicated to the families of of those in prison.

FLIP

Families with Loved Ones in Prison organization.

National Marriage Encounter Prison Ministry

Promotes and encourages marriage and family life for incarcerated men and women.

Patterns of Inmate Contact with Families and Friends

Statistics and information about how much contact prisoners have with those they love. "If the inmate's marriage is intact upon admission, he also seems to maintain many other important relationships."

A Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual

This pdf file on Prison Marriage and Divorce is Chapter 20 of Volume II. It includes general information about prisoner's rights to get married along with specific information for prisoners in New York, Washington, New Jersey, Kansas, Georgia, Florida, and California.
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