Prison Brides: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Lifetime's explosive docuseries Prison Brides follows seven women from around the world who believe they have found their soulmates in the most unexpected of places, American prisons. While they started off as prison pen pals, these women fell hard and found themselves willing to risk it all for love. The docuseries follows the women as they travel from their homes—many visiting the United States for the first time—to meet their prisoner fiancés, husbands, or partners, to chart their futures together. With the couples facing harsh judgment from friends, family and strangers, the brides grapple with uncertainty and their ultimate decision to risk it all for true love. Will true love prevail for these star-crossed lovers with the odds stacked against them?

Series details

• Title: Prison Brides
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2024-01-10
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Lifetime
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 73899
• TVDB ID: 444053

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2024-01-10; final listed air date 2024-03-13.

Source and licence

Adapted from Prison Brides on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.