corrections denied a request to interview gilbert, but angel told us the story of how she first became involved with gilbert shortly after seeing him on lockup. angel had initially contacted another holman inmate featured on the series, sherman moore, who held the job of prison barber. it was moore who acted as match-maker. wrote to sherman and developed a friendship with sherman. it s like you pulled a flattop fade out of your head? is that what you want? but i also saw the segment on bobby and i inquired about bobby, you know, what kind of a person is he? i was telling them all about me drinking that bottle of scope up in west jefferson. sherman encouraged me to write to him. he s like, write him, angel. he said you might hit it off. he says you and her personalitywise are very similar. so i wrote bobby a letter because i just saw something more than what was shown.
and bobby asked me, he says, i love you and i ve never loved a woman as much as i love you. and will you be my wife? i mean, i m crying, oh, yes! and i threw my arms around him, and that was it. angel quit her bartending job, packed up her teenage son and her life in illinois and moved to a small town in alabama where she would only be an hour s drive from the prison. she got a job as a bartender and built her life around visits to gilbert. you ve got to be strong for it because it s not all fun and games. our visits, we laugh and just enjoy each other s time. but when they say visits are now over, you re leaving someone that you love there. and if you can t hang, you don t need to be involved with somebody who s got a
something to hustle, unlike the rest of these people out there. gilbert told us he is looking forward to the wedding but must be released from ad seg before the couple can be granted permission to be married. and even though angel has resigned to the fact that gilbert will never leave prison, that doesn t stop her from imagining a more idyllic home life. i daydream about simple things, what it would be like just to make bobby a breakfast plate and bring it to him or tell him, get it yourself, i ain t your maid. i love everything about him. i love his temperament, i love his personality, i love his intelligence, his wit, his sense of humor. i love everything about him. i wouldn t change anything about him outside of one thing, and that would be his freedom. and i sincerely mean that from the bottom of my heart.
love that hair. you ve got to be at least 7 feet tall, talk about kicking my ass, ha ha. don t be a stranger, angel. take care of yourself. with a smile, bobby g. when angel began her correspondence with gilbert, she was living in joliet, illinois. her son, niko, was only 15 at the time. at first, i was very worried about her emotional safety, because i wasn t sure how it would end up. but what had begun as just a pen pal relationship quickly became something more serious. on a sunday evening at 8:00 at night, my son brought me the phone, and he said there s a collect call on there, and i thought perhaps it was from sherman, and it was him. it was bobby. and i ve communicated with him every day since. my mom, she was glowing, she was happy, and it was really nice to see her like that. i started feeling something for bobby. i was falling in love with him,
and gill s friends say they re committed to helping him stay on track. michael has a good chance of staying out of jail if he has positive people behind him, me for one. i love you, bro. i love you like the sister i never had. [ bleep ] you. as long as i m alive, michael gill will stay out of prison. coming up, one of lockup s most unforgettable inmates finds his soul mate. bobby asked me, he says, i love you and i ve never loved a woman as much as i love you and will you be my wife? and later, a death row inmate places his final phone call to a lockup field producer. i get three hours to live. what s going through your mind?