I was a prison guard, but when the prisoner asked me to marry him, I said yes: it is true love
A WOMAN who worked as a prison guard has revealed how she fell in love with an inmate.
Tameka, from the US, believes she is the only prison guard to have been introduced behind bars and is now married to Jonathan, who has been in prison for 25 years.
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Speaking to Love Don’t Judge, Tameka said: ‘I’m the officer who’s married to someone in prison. I am the only officer in the world who was proposed to in prison.
“Some officers don’t know which side of the law I’m on.”
Tameka revealed that she retired as a prisoner and now has a lifetime pension to support her and her husband once he gets out of prison.
Currently, the couple is only allowed to spend eight hours a week together when Tameka visits on weekends.
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Tameka first met Jonathan when they were children growing up in the same neighborhood, but they soon drifted apart.
When Jonathan was in prison for 25 years, he decided to send her a love letter, despite not having spoken in fourteen years.
She said: “It was like, oh my God, after all these years he still remembers me, he still loves me. At that time I was still working, so I was afraid to respond to him.
‘I contacted Jonathan. He just said, I’m glad you finally gave me another chance after all these years and we made it official to be together.’
Now Jonathan is on parole and should be released in eleven years. He always looks forward to their weekly meetings.
She continued, “The first meeting with him was crazy because the same prisoners I had in custody and was mean to were the same prisoners I saw and was locked up with my husband.”
While Tameka chooses to stand by her husband, she says she is often targeted by online trolls who say she is “stupid” for marrying a prisoner.
She added: “The judgment I faced when I started my relationship is: he’s going to take your pension, he’s going to get everything you have.”
But she refuses to give up on her relationship, adding: “He is my biggest blessing.”
The video was posted to the YouTube account Love does not judge has gone viral with over 17,000 views.
British prison brides
- Tracey Bottomley married double murderer Ernest Otto Smith in the US after meeting through a pen pal initiative in prison. Tracey, from West York, knew he had been given a life sentence with no chance of parole
- Rebecca Shortfrom Oxfordshire, told her family she was on holiday in the US in 2022. They didn’t know she was getting married to double murderer Manuel Ovate Jr, who was on death row
- Paula Williamson an actress who appeared in Hollyoaks and Emmerdale, married the infamous Charles Bronson in 2017 after they became pen pals
- Karen Charves married Kenny Richey in 2014 while on death row. He was convicted of setting a fire in 1986 that killed his ex-girlfriend’s two-year-old daughter. Karen and Kenny’s union did not last long and she claimed he was abusive.
- Naomi Wisefrom Essex, married Victor Oquendo, nicknamed Animal, while serving a 24-year sentence in a US prison. They split in 2022 but have now rekindled their romance
People were quick to share their thoughts on the relationship in the comments, and many seemed unimpressed.
One person wrote: “This is not flex.”
Another commented: “This is seriously and dangerously pathetic, I can’t even imagine.”
“Wow she really loves her job, talk about taking your work home,” wrote a third.
Meanwhile, a fourth said: “He’s a prisoner, yes… but he’s also a person. We all take different paths in our lives.”
“Foolishness,” claimed a fifth.
Someone else added: “Definitely a unique relationship but if she’s happy then I’m happy for her.”
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