Robert Gross ' wife , Judy , visits husband in jail a week after his wife 's death . The U.S. State Department contractor offered to return to Cuba after a goodbye visit . `` Gross , 65 , is serving a 15-year sentence for bringing satellite communications equipment to Cuba as part of his work as a subcontractor for the U.S. Agency for International Development . The Cuban government denied his request , saying he ca n't go abroad . Gross is serving a 15-year sentence for bring satellite equipment to island .
Robert Gross ' wife , Judy , visits husband in jail a week after his wife 's death . The U.S. State Department contractor offered to return to Cuba after a goodbye visit . The Cuban government denied his request , saying he ca n't go abroad . Gross is serving a 15-year sentence for bring satellite equipment to island .