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| Of natural causes: Death in Illinois prisons |
| By wbez.org- Rob Wildeboer |
| Published: 07/08/2014 |
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When Doris Green married an inmate in prison, she knew it was kind of weird, and yet for her it was also normal. As a prison chaplain the Rev. Green says she performed more than 20 weddings between inmates and women on the outside. “No one else wanted to bring people together like that because it’s something wrong with that because they’re criminals,” Green said in a recent interview at an office on Chicago’s South Side where she runs a prison ministry program. “I’m like, ‘aw, c’mon now.’ They wanted me to do it because none of their chaplains wanted to, so I didn’t care. I loved it. I loved counselling with them and preparing for their wedding and making sure their families got there and I did all that. Sure did.” Green says she eventually fell in love with and decided to marry Michael Smith, inmate N40598. Read More. |
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