According to Michele Kane, spokeswoman at the California Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation, the legalization of gay marriage has
posed a conundrum for prisons across the state. Like heterosexual
couples, gay prisoners may only marry the non-incarcerated. There are
security concerns, of course, in letting two inmates marry, but the
bigger issue is forced nuptials:
“Suppose a prisoner finds out
another prisoner has money or other assets. They might find themselves
coerced into a marriage with a more powerful inmate who might try to
lay claim to half their assets,” she said.
As well as, of course, their ass. Either way, it doesn’t sound so different than the non-prison marriage tactics of, say, Tricia Walsh Smith.
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