Watch out y’all! We TV has another riveting reality show set to premiere in the New Year!
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We’re got an exclusive sneak peek clip from the series premiere episode of WE tv’s newest and third installment of the ‘Love After Lockup/Life After Lockup’ franchise, “LOVE DURING LOCKUP.”
Debuting on Friday, January 7 at 9pm ET/PT on WE tv, “Love During Lockup” follows even more riveting firsts through the early stages of love, with plenty of romance, suspicion, and investigation, all long before a scheduled prison release.
Every non-con has a unique strategy for finding love behind bars—whether they only seek drug offenders who are believed to be nonviolent, or a prison bae pushing a wrongful conviction. Other lonely civilians are simply on the hunt for their very own ‘hot felon,’ with the model mugshot to prove it.
Voracious viewers of the franchise are in for more drama, more mystery, scams, catfishing, and more crazy reveals than ever before. “Love During Lockup” will document the fascinating drama that unfolds when ordinary people first decide to pursue relationships with prison inmates, and an early dating period filled with a very specific set of unique challenges.
In the sneak peek below, we meet Tai, whose passion for forensics led her to a career as a mortician AND also led to dating inmates. Tai keeps a shoebox of papers containing an updated log of her multiple inmates, their cases, and details about their sentences and lives. In the clip below we watch Tai create a vision board in hopes of manifesting love, happiness and marriage while sharing all about how she juggles dating up to ten inmates at a time. We also hear her perspective about why she prefers dating men behind bars. Check it out below:
Wow! What do you think about the information she shared about her childhood and how that’s affected her decision to date men who aren’t even free to meet up for drinks and dinner?
Pretty wild stuff right? “Love During Lockup” premieres January 7th at 9pm EST on WeTV.
We’re excited for this new series and so is WeTV, in fact the network just announced plans for a New Year’s Eve Special called “How to Date an Inmate” which will be hosted by fan favorites Brittany and Daonte. Fans can watch as the “Love After Lockup” cast spills the shocking and hilarious secrets and tips on How to Date an Inmate. From sexy letters to frisky prison visits, the fan favorites tell all! Brittany and Marcelino share their success story and Daonte reveals his new love.
‘Love After Lockup: How To Date An Inmate”, Premieres December 31 AT 9PM on WE tv.
Hit the flip for more on the couple’s from this show/season and to see a supertease of what we can expect.
The supertease for this one is wild…
Our favorite part has to be when ol’ girl asks her felon bae if he’s going to rip her clothes off.
Here’s a breakdown on the cast for this season:
Haley & Dalton (Highland Village, TX)
Things have moved fast for Haley and Dalton, whose paths crossed prior to Dalton’s prison sentence, but Haley is expecting the big proposal and a ring once Dalton gets out… whenever that might be. In the meantime, Haley has dipped into her car accident settlement money to pay for Dalton’s legal fees– a lot for the single mom who works six days a week cleaning homes. Even worse, Dalton has shown a jealous streak and doesn’t like that Haley and her ex-Jarrett peacefully co-parent their 6-year-old son Hendrix. But is Dalton making a big deal of Haley’s ex to deflect from his own ex-girlfriend issues?
Indie & Harry (Beltsville, MD)
Indie was scrolling through TikTok one day and stumbled upon a video of an extremely attractive inmate, who she later dreamt about and ultimately pursued. However, Indie’s mom is a bounty hunter who has started an investigation on Harry and will use the full power of her profession to prove Harry is nothing more than a criminal. When Indie takes the advice of a trusted psychic, whom she consults everything with, and packs up her daughters’ life to move to Ohio, she might be left alone in a new city regretting everything as she awaits Harry’s supposed release.
Santiba & Talsey (Portland, ME)
Santiba is a recent divorcee who lost a hundred pounds and gained the man of her dreams- inmate Talsey. She met Talsey through Writeaprisoner.com, and they hit it off. He’s spent almost a decade behind bars, and upon his release Santiba plans to move from Maine to Georgia to be together, even though they’ve never met in person.
Gabrielle & Christopher (Orange, NJ)
Gabrielle and Chris met through Gabrielle’s cousin’s incarcerated boyfriend, and after quickly falling for one another, Chris decided to shower Gabrielle with the finer things– including a house, a BMW, and a $5000 engagement ring. Christopher’s family is worried she may be using him for his money. Chris’ family has plans to confront Gabrielle and her intentions. Meanwhile, Gabrielle’s family also have doubts of their own, especially her mother, who calls Gabby a ‘maneater’ because of many failed engagements. Will this be any different?
Max (Washington, DC)
Max is getting his masters in biochemistry at Georgetown University. You’d think with looks and the brains, Max could find a woman in the free world – but he’s been burned one too many times before. Max discovered WriteAPrisoner.com on a study break and loved that he could scan through for only the best-looking women. He’s always dated models and influencers. How will his friends react to his new method of meeting women? Max also has a very popular account where he sells steamy content for a premium price, often alongside his roommate Alessa. Max is worried Alessa wants a relationship with him, and he thinks it might be time to cut her off before she gets the wrong idea.
Tai (Buffalo, NY)
Tai’s passion for forensics led her to a career as a mortician and it also led to dating inmates. Tai keeps a shoebox of papers containing an updated log of her multiple inmates, their cases, and details about their sentences and lives. Her ideal profile is anyone pictured in a white t-shirt and grey sweats with a minimum sentence of five to ten years. Her interest in inmates has led her to four failed relationships, but Tai hopes her current relationship with inmate Rio, aka “Hottie,” will be the reason she keeps her love alive. But will a mystery call break Tai’s heart?
If you were wondering why “Love After Lockup” keeps getting so many spinoffs, the answer is simple. Ratings are HUGE around this concept, in fact WE tv has experienced significant growth on Friday nights on the strength of the “Love After Lockup/Life After Lockup” franchise. The network is currently #1 in all of cable during primetime on Friday nights among women 18-49, women 25-54 and #5 among adults 18-49 and #6 among adults 25-54. Over its more than 100-eisode history, the Love/Life franchise has averaged 1.1 million total viewers, nearly 700,000 adults 25-54 and more than 500,000 women 25-54 in Nielsen Live +3 ratings. Are you surprised?
“Love During Lockup” premieres January 7th at 9pm EST on WeTV
