Claire was escorted to the visitors' room on Thursday afternoon, two weeks after sending her response to Liam's letter, and she felt self-conscious in her orange jumpsuit with her hair pulled back in a plain ponytail and no makeup to hide behind.

The visitors' room was sterile and depressing, filled with small tables bolted to the floor where inmates sat across from family members separated by invisible boundaries marked on the floor; guards watched from stations at each corner, and ...