She never thought her husband's punishment for selling drugs would be a death sentence. But as the new coronavirus rips through the U.S. prison system and into the facility where he is serving eight years, she fears it could be.
The 24-year-old inmate suffers from severe asthma at the medium-security South Carolina prison. He has tried and failed to get released to home confinement, while his wife on the outside watches high-profile inmates go free.
"He is at a way higher risk and it's not fair," said the woman, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because she feared her husband would suffer retaliation. "I don't want to lose my husband for something he did years ago, to an illness he can't help
