PDF Inmate Marriages - Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Go to the Connect With an Inmate section and select the Send a Personalized Letter feature. Even if hes healthy and can afford to pay for food and other necessities without help, people undergo changes in their lives, like illness or injury, which may profoundly impact a couples financial situation. Ten Steps to Doing Business with the USMS, Defendants in Custody and Prisoner Management, Non-Custodial Transportation of Defendants, Travel, Lodging, Meals and Incidental Expenses, Mental Health/Psychology/Psychiatry Consults, Federal Performance-Based Detention Standards, Requesting New Agreements or Housing Rates. Inmates who are incarcerated at different facilities cant marry each other because the two prisons are not going to accommodate a wedding ceremony. Grant and other prison officials say they have seen examples of relationships between inmates and non-institutionalized partners develop into healthy marriages. There are both pros and cons to dating a felon. Inmates who wish to request a marriage ceremony while incarcerated in a DOC institution must submit an Inmate Marriage Request 801_F1 to the Facility Unit Head through their assigned Counselor. Its a harsh penalty for a brief, irrational moment. A person in the free world who is married to a prisoner is essentially single, but married at the same time. The spouse who is served with (given) this petition is . For example, an inmate could request to marry a potential witness in litigation pending against that inmate. There are quite a few dating websites that allow felons to post their profile, and one site, www.felonydatingservice.com, directly caters to people who are currently in prison or have been released and who are on probation or parole. When you are married to the love of your life, you are happier than before. Walker said she knows of three inmates whose marriages are going strong, but, she added, "We are also aware of marriages that do not last due to the free-world spouse being unable to stay . Certainly, there's debate over the psychological and social factors that may explain why women appear more apt to fall in love with convicts, but underneath the discussion are some pretty straightforward numbers.