was this your first visit in prison? if so how does it work? so glad you enjoyed your visit

Oh I'm so happy for you! I'm still waiting for my first visit which will hopefully be this month!

ThoughtAsWeak,

I am so happy that you finally were able to get a decent visit with your hubby.

I hope all the ladies and the family members here are able to visit their loved ones in prison often.

Prison is hard enough on the wives, mothers, and girlfriends without making it even more difficult by restricting visiits.

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Yay! Happy for you!

Babybb24,

This was my 3rd visit to Hub at this prison. But he was on lockdown for a month, so only allowed 1 hr non-contact visits. Because he is 4 hrs away, I can't visit every weekend like I would like to. When he was in reception, he was only 1.5 hrs away, so I was able to visit every week.

I am able to schedule my visit upto 2 wks in advance. When I get there, they assign you a table, and he has to face forward. We can only hold hands, but are more free to talk openly....it was wonderful!

Rew, hub is doing a lot better. Met some new guys who are Christians. Cellmate situation is also a lot better, don't have problems anymore :-)

Thank you Bamboo, I hope you get yours soon too :-)

Thank you as well Deena :-)

I am so glad that he met some new guys and has a decent cellmate.

cellmate has been deflecting a lot of questions about Hub...he is really getting to know hub and is enjoying his company. Feels that Hub can help him stay out of trouble while he finishes his time and goes home.

The other guys are giving him a lot of reading material, which is great, as they can only have 10 books total. I tell hub that when he's done with books, he is welcome to share them with other inmates. I feel its a donation to those incarcerated. As long as Hub gets to enjoy them too. The more he is interacting with others, the inmates that like to cause problems go to cellmate to ask about him, so he flies under radar.

Yay! Totally doing the happy dance for you right now :) I just got home from seeing my man as well :)

Thank you SuchAs....I hope your visit went really good as well. :-)

I know your feeling of being able to hug, kiss and hold your husbands hand, as that is extremely special. I was totally happy the first time I was able to do that with my husband. It helps a lot being able to have physical contact (holding hands) and being able to speak more openly during a visit. The first few where hard as we were so close to the next person it was hard to have a good conversation because of the noise and the closeness you had to watch what you said. The last visit I had with my husband I got to spend about 5-1/2 hours with him and the visit was great as we had space between others and could talk - no hand holding though at this place - still was good to be able to be with him and talk. I am hoping the next place he goes we will be able to hold hands again. Yes the drives make it hard, makes it an all day affair.
Just keep praying good things and hopefully all will turn out for you and your husband.

Thank you TSMom, I hope your man gets moved to another facility as well so you both can have that contact visit, where you can hold hands. But at least you have more privacy to talk without fear of anyone else hearing.
It's the little things now, that makes our day. I love going to the mailbox and finding a letter from him. I love the weekends that I am going to visit, even though it's an all day event, it's well worth it. Already looking forward to our next visit.

When he came out, he told me when visiting ended and I was willing to stay that long. I told him "of course I'm staying as long as I can stay, I'll be there." That really made him tear up.

Thoughtasweak,

The hardest part for me is when I know time is almost up and then when I actually have to leave him. I normally do good at holding myself together till I am out of his sight. There are times like this last visit I lost it as I gave him a hug and kiss good bye and that made it hard on him. I too stay the entire time of each visit as it is our only contact (physically) with each other and I cherish each and every visit with him. Yes, I too love getting mail from him and the phone calls mean a lot too.

I'm so glad your visit went so well!

In AZ they are picky about what you wear. You have to have a blouse all buttoned to the top and regulations change all the time. After my visit one time a lady was crying outside the entry because they wouldn't let her in to see her son because of her blouse and she drove hours to get there. I was finished with my visit and took my pretty blue blouse off and said take mine. I had a shell and did not need the blouse to go back to my car. She was very happy and asked me to wait for the blouse but I said no just keep it. I always wondered if she liked the blouse as much as I did but it made me smile that I could help.
I am happy you enjoyed your visit too.