We Found Love, Part 1: I Met My Husband in Prison

Love Letters

The Boston Globe

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🗓️ 24 October 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The first chapter of “We Found Love,” a three-part miniseries exploring how romantic love and partnership run up against – and sometimes transcend – the criminal justice system. Through the stories of three couples, at all different stages in their relationships, Boston Globe reporter Ivy Scott dives deep into what it takes to find love in a hopeless place. In today’s episode, she tells the story of Sharlene, a successful working mother with a secret, and Blake, a Southern gentleman serving time for second-degree murder. Their first encounter, in the visiting room of a Massachusetts state prison, would change the course of their lives. Email us at [email protected].

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Meredith.
0:02.0	Listeners of Love Letters know that mental health is something I take very seriously,
0:06.0	which is why I want to tell you about season 3 of the podcast Turning Points,
0:10.0	Navigating Mental Health.
0:11.0	Each episode gets real about the ups and downs of navigating mental health. Each episode gets real about the ups and downs of
0:14.2	navigating mental health and the turning points that can spark lifelong changes.
0:18.3	Host Francis Lease, a clinical therapist, talks with psychologists, doula's, writers and experts about breakdowns, breakthroughs, and everything in between.
0:29.0	Turning Points, a podcast from Point 32 Health in partnership with Boston Globe Media.
0:34.3	Find turning points wherever you get your podcasts.
0:37.0	Dwayne and Charlene Blake are your quintessential married couple.
0:47.0	They've raised two kids together. They have a baby granddaughter.
0:50.0	They just celebrated their 32nd wedding anniversary and they're still
0:54.8	super into each other. Yeah, it's really sweet. You can actually still see the love
0:59.9	in their eyes. It almost feels like something out of a sitcom. This is Boston Globe Criminal
1:04.9	Justice reporter Ivy Scott. She recently spent some time with Duane and
1:09.2	Charlene at their home in Worcester, Massachusetts. How are you?
1:13.8	So good to see you.
1:15.6	I was nice.
1:16.6	Yeah, it's really beautiful.
1:21.4	When you first walk into their apartment, the thing that you notice is how cozy the house looks.
1:25.0	It's as if somebody has really settled down and made a life here.
1:29.0	The walls are covered in family photos spanning decades.
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