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  • The Marshall Project

    Breaking the Unwritten Rule of Prison

    Or, what happens when guards and inmates interact as human beings.
    by Lyle May Aug 31, 2018 4 minutes

    All of us condemned inmates were hurt when Chaplain Chestnut left the prison to pursue other opportunities and, he said, to save his marriage.

    “Guys,” he told us one day, “I spend more time on death row than with my wife. She gave me a choice: her, or my work. I love her, so I’ve got to go. I’m sorry.”

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    Chestnut’s departure was devastating because he’d always treated us fairly, even favorably, going out of his way to treat us as equals and as parishioners. Before and after executions, he provided counsel when no one

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