“That’s her!” a gasp shot out of the crowd standing outside the Tennessee Prison for Women on Friday morning.
It was 9:17 a.m., and the group of about 20 people watched rapt as Gaile Owens emerged from the prison wearing a gray sweater and dark pants — a far cry from prison blue — and pushing a bright, yellow laundry cart with all of her possessions inside. She was flanked by a prison guard and Warden Debra Johnson, the woman who 26 years ago as an intake worker booked Owens into prison. Click here to read the rest.
