in lockup these visitations provided some of the most compelling moments in the series. and few visitations provide as much drama as conjugal visits when an inmate is allowed an overnight stay with his spouse. makes you appreciate the little things in life. when we met ron golden at california s kern valley state prison he was serving a 22 year sentence forearmed robbery and assaulted on correctional staff. he claimed his recent marriage to a childhood friend helped turn him around. before we were married, i was in a lot of fist fights and riots and whatever, in and out of the hole. golden s improved behavior earned him the right to a 46-hour conjugal visit with his wife in one of the prison s family cottages. before the visit begins, hope golden must pass through security. do you have your i.d.? it s in here.
before the visit begins, hope golden must pass through security. you have your i.d.? it is in here. okay. when ron s wife hope showed up, we thought we would get shots of her being processed coming through the metal detector, opening her bag. getting shots of her. and the c.o. there going through her things. then it turned into a bit of a scene. baby oil can t go in either. that wasn t on the list. this isn t factory sealed it can t go in. everything has to be factory sealed. this is not in a clear bottle and unopened and contains alcohol. everything that is made like that has alcohol in it. everything that contains alcohol. it specifies in the rules. everything just about has alcohol in it. after coming dangerously close to being denied her visit, hope is allowed to proceed to the prison s gated conjugal unit. it s good things and bad things that you have to go through to get here.
you can t be in the security housing unit or administrative segregation. you can t be a reception center inmate. you can t be on noncontact status. you can t be a condemned inmate. you can t be life without parole. ron golden is serving a 22-year sentence for armed robbery and prison staff assaults. four years ago while at another prison, he married hope golden, a woman he d known since he was a teenager. he s been at kern valley for just a few months. we were corresponding from 98 to 2001, and we became intimate with each other. she wanted to come see me. she knew me from the streets. it just blossomed into something beautiful. we fell in love with each other. good morning. do you have your i.d.? it s in there. this will be ron and hope s first family visit at kern valley and the first time they ve seen each other in five months. the orange shirt can t go in because it s orange. okay. now i know, i won t do that. okay. and the rollers can t go in
hope golden must pass through security. you have your i.d.? it is in here. okay. when ron s wife hope showed up, we thought we would get shots of her being processed coming through the metal detector, opening her bag. getting shots of her. and the c.o. there going through her things. then it turned into a bit of a scene. baby oil can t go in either. that wasn t on the list. this isn t factory sealed it can t go in. everything has to be factory sealed. this is not in a clear bottle and unopened and contains alcohol. everything that is made like that has alcohol in it. everything that contains alcohol. it specifies in the rules. everything just about has alcohol in it. after coming dangerously close to being denied her visit, hope is allowed to proceed to the prison s gated conjugal unit. it s good things and bad things that you have to go
golden s improved behavior earned him the right to a 46-hour conjugal visit with his wife in one of the prison s family cottages. before the visit begin, hope golden must pass through security. you have your i.d.? it is in here. okay. when ron s wife hope showed up, we thought we would get shots of her being processed coming through the metal detector, opening her bag. getting shots of her. and the c.o. there going through her things. then it turned into a bit of a a scene. baby oils can t go in either. that wasn t on the list. it s not this can t go in. everything has to be factory sealed. this is not in a clear bottle and unopened and contains alcohol. everything that is made like that has alcohol in it.