Prison Wives Club Premiere Recap “Not Some Raggedy Prison Wife”: Season 1

Prison Wives Club Premiere Recap “Not Some Raggedy Prison Wife": Season 1

Tonight on Lifetime Prison Wives Club premieres with an all new Tuesday October 28, Season 1 premiere episode called, “Not Some Raggedy Prison Wife.” On tonight’s episode the lives of four women who are married to convicts are chronicled. In the opener, the four wives seek each other out in hopes of injecting a little fun back into their lives.

On tonight’s episode the new Lifetime docuseries “Prison Wives Club” follows four women living with their decisions to fall in love with and remain married to convicted felons. While facing judgment from their friends and families, each episode explores how these women struggle to find normalcy despite their unconventional choices when it comes to the men in their lives. Restricted to limited contact with their spouses who are serving sentences ranging from 10 years to life, the ladies band together for support; but this group comes with its own sentence as they don’t always agree on how to behave as a wife on the “outside.”

Tonight’s episode is going to be a drama packed evening, which you won’t want to miss. So be sure to tune in for our live coverage of Lifetime’s Prison Wives Club – tonight at 9 PM EST! While you wait for our recap, hit the comments and let us know how excited you are about this new show!

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Jhemini’s husband is in prison for assault. She is able to visit him overnight in a one-story house. Everything she brings with her on these visits is inspected and items such as metal or cans are not allowed. “I married him knowing he was going to be going away,” she says.  She says it’s a hard reality being married to someone who is incarcerated because her husband is not there for her and no one around her understands what it’s like to be married to a prisoner.

Kate is also married to a man who is in prison for assault, named Carlo.  She is getting a dreamcatcher to cover up a tattoo representing a car club Carlo was in. The people in the club turned out not to be her friends. “I found out Carlo was in trouble when he didn’t come home from dinner,” she says, describing turning on the TV to see his workplace surrounded in yellow tape on the news. She visits him overnight once a month.   Kate hangs out with a pack of lesbians in order to fulfill her needs while her husband is away, which he doesn’t mind.

Laquisha’s husband, Phil, is serving a 60 year sentence for murder, of which he has served 13 years. They video chat on JPay to stay in touch, which is expensive and also monitored and censored. She was never worried about his sentence because she knew he wasn’t the type of person to murder someone randomly. They got married in prison and so have yet to consummate the marriage, which is torture for them. Laquisha has decided she wants to start a support group for prison wives. “Being a prison wife is definitely a struggle,” she says. “It is not for the faint of heart.”

Laquisha’s friend is protective of her and doesn’t really like the situation she’s in. “I know there are plenty good men who are incarcerated for various reasons,” she tells Laquisha. “However, I know there are also plenty free men.”  “I believe he came into my life when he was supposed to come into my life,” Laquisha responds.  Laquisha says she’d rather be happy and be with someone who is incarcerated than be unhappy with someone on the outside.

Ana’s husband, Michael, is serving a life sentence for murder. She met him on a website for writing prisoners, wanting to help someone in prison. At first, she was nervous until she realized he was a lifer and couldn’t come out and do anything to her. After a while, she realized he was her soulmate. They have been married for a little over a year, and like Laquisha, she hasn’t been able to consummate her marriage. Ana works graveyard shifts, which Michael doesn’t like because he and a friend shot a convenience store clerk one night many years ago. Due to a new law, Michael is going to be released in the next few years. He has been in jail since 1987, and has never used a cell phone before.
Ana has been lying to her parents, telling them that Michael is a prisoner. She is going to reveal the truth to them soon.

“The hardest part of being married to someone who is incarcerated is not having someone to come home to every night,” Jhemini says.   She visits with Kate and they talk about their husbands.  “Jhemini definitely carries this air around her that she’s perfect,” Kate says, adding that she is wearing rose colored glasses. “Enough with the gloating already. You’re great. You get a cookie. Gold star.”

They look at photos from a photo shoot Jhemini did, and she talks about spots she has gotten on her body due to stress. Kate invites her to the first meeting of Laquisha’s prison wives club.

Laquisha was married for eight years in the past, and has been divorced for two years. She and her ex-husband have a daughter together. He hates that she is married to Phil and that she brings their daughter around him, and thinks she is throwing her life away. In addition, he still wants to be with her and thinks he could be a better husband to her than Phil.

With mother’s day coming up, he asks her if she is even going to text her mother. She says no. She stopped speaking to her mother after she discovered that she had been talking about her behind her back due to her decision to marry Phil.

Jhemini and Kate go to get pedicures in preparation for the meeting. Jhemini talks to Kate about how she is living a double life, hiding her status as a prison wife from her conservative family. She takes her wedding ring off, and now she has lost it. She’s worried about telling Michael what happened. Kate tells her she pawned her own, and Jhemini is shocked. Michael calls while they’re still there, and she decides not to tell him about the ring yet.

Ana and Laquisha met one another through their husbands, who are incarcerated at the same facility. They also rolled up together to get married on the same day. Their husbands are just as close in prison.

Jhemini and Kate take a drink at the bar before going into the meeting to chat a little bit. Jhemini doesn’t want to share anything at the meeting because she holds the antiquated sexist belief that all women are “judgmental” and can’t keep information confidential.  Ironically, as soon as she and Kate get into the meeting and the women go around the circle sharing their stories, Jhemini judges the women for being married to men who have been charged for murder. When it’s her turn to speak, she simply says he husband has been charged with assault and she keeps to herself.  She doesn’t want to be involved in the meeting because the other women are criticizing the prison system.

She and Kate leave and go to the bar, where Jhemini talks about how the subject matter of the meeting was too negative and how they were the only two whose husbands were only charged with assault.  “I don’t understand why she thinks we’re better than these women,” Kate says. “If our husbands had better aim, we’d be in the same boat.”

Ana talks to her husband on the phone and he tries to tell her not to drink because he believes all drugs, including alcohol, are gateway drugs. She ignores this.  Jhemini goes outside, on the phone with Michael. She tells him about how she lost her wedding ring. “I’m just so mad at myself,” she says. “I’m ringless.”

THE END!