Hoarders: Living With 8,000 POUNDS of Trash & a Husband In Prison | A&E

Jeri Jo is married to a convicted murderer who's in jail for life, and she claims her loneliness causes her to hoard, in this clip from Season 5, Episode 11.

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Professionals try to help people who compulsively hoard possessions.

[yellowblanka]

"I wanted a stable relationship with a man I knew wouldn't hurt me or cheat on me....she married a convict" *facepalm*

[spkyghst]

It blows my mind that she thinks he can't cheat because he's in prison. A lot of prisoners will be writing multiple people at once to keep the money flowing.

[sherrysmithrice]

Watching this show helps me to keep clean. Today I cleaned my dish cupboard. I ended throwing out a bunch of old plastic bowls I didn't use. Everyday I clean a little and throw things out if I don't need them. It makes me happy to throw out junk.

[frangipenny]

The first thing I noticed was how badly that poor dog's coat was matted. If you can't look after your animals, don't give them a miserable life.

[tjable]

I hope she continues to make great strides. The team did a fabulous job on cleaning up her house. Thank you for sharing this.

[SuzanneU]

The way I heard it, Jeri married a man who was already a convict with a life sentence. She has never lived with him and the odds are that she never will. So she has to build a decent life for herself.

[nelleh.]

i was definetely expecting more positive comments... guess i gotta leave my own. I'M HAPPY SHE ALLOWED CHANGE INTO HER LIFE. I HOPE SHE'S DOING WELL <3

[kristimcgowandarkoscellard]

The Hoarder’s team are such wonderful people!!
Cheers

[moxxy]

This lady seem pretty decent to me. It looks like she was doing a lot of cleanup herself! Rare to see a hoarder just going "Trash, donate, trash, trash."

Hope she's doing well

[elainephleps]

She shouldn't of gone down the marriage road with this prisoner in the frist place, 22 yrs wasted!! Move on honey!!

[joew]

I fully believe the two are hand in hand. The loneliness of missing her husband created a hole that she tries to fill with the excitement of a new toy

[milvertonmom]

"living alone is bad enough" ??? WTAF? I love it! There's so much freedom. This woman doesn't know what she's talking about.

[stephanierausch]

Convict or not, she loves a man who is not physically with her. Loneliness effects anyone’s mental health. It exasperates a person’s mental illness. Maybe if her family could have empathy with this basic fact then there could be positive connection in order to effectively help her work on good healthy decisions regarding her husband. I’m just saying this could be a way to effectively help her. I understand that it can be frustrating to work with someone when they don’t see the obvious, so try to see it from their point of view of how it isn’t obvious and together a smoother solution may be obtained. It’s with a try!

[TinFoilCat]

Shes insane. Inmates will tell you anything you want to hear to get money. I've seen it myself. My friends mom married not 1 but 2 inmates and both used there as a place to parole to because their families wouldn't have them. After that they were gone!

[sharonthompson]

Now that she has her house in order...she can get therapy to help improve her self esteem and get rid of her useless convict husband.

[ilovefabricandflowers]

there's always a bossy relative in the woodwork.

[louisianarainwater]

Her and her dog deserve to live in a clean and happy home💚...she can still love her husband from a distance...she just needs to put herself and her dog first💚

[wehvgirlpwr]

The brother-in-law needs to but out of her personal life with such a condescending attitude. I get that if he was in law enforcement and has a view based on his experience with criminals but he really has no right to come down on her in front of everyone, that was uncalled for IMO.

[angelbabies]

"into our family".... Ok, now thats irking me. Not his life, not his choice and he doesn't have to interact with him in ANY way. So he shouldn't even be bringing it up. Hes just bringing it INTO his life. Because he WANTS to.

Her choices aside, not agreeing with them, she needs help not condemnation for her love life.

[gabeee]

If her husband got one look at how his bride lives he'd ask to go back to jail! She's just a desperate woman who's created her own issues.