Conjugal visits

A powerpoint from my sophomore year of college

1. Conjugal Visits Harold Sowards Intro to Corrections

2. What is a conjugal visit? Definition- Private time that a prisoner may spend with a spouse Aka “Extended Family Time”

3. Brief History Reasons why it began Who, where, when 17:6:4 Use now

4. Some regulations Whose entitled Visitor requirements Dress code Cost (?) Visitor’s allowed

5. CVs effects on prisoners Positive: Behavior, Lower rape rates, family ties, remove prisonization, improve recidivism rates Negative: New STD’s can be introduced, can help keep gang relations, increase of contraband

6. Activists for keeping CVs 8 th amendment Marital privacy Procreation 1 st amendment

7. Activists against CVs Cost Single parenthood STD transmission New contraband

8. Other countries For: Columbia, Venezuela, Brazil , Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Costa Rica , Israel Against: Great Britain, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

9. Questions?

10. Sources http://crime-punishment.yoexpert.com/prison-system/2-what-us-states-allow-prison-conjugal-visits-3543.html http://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/resources/criminal-defense/state-felony-laws/states-that-allow-conjugal-visits https://www.legalzoom.com/articles/conjugal-visits-preserving-family-bonds-behind-bars http://www.vocativ.com/underworld/sex/conjugal-visits-work/ http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/13/us/with-conjugal-visits-fading-a-lifeline-to-inmates-spouses-is-lost.html?_r=0 http://www.bop.gov/inmates/visiting.jsp http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/01/13/mississippi-gets-ready-to-end-its-conjugal-visit-program-cites-cost-and/ https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2014/may/19/research-finds-conjugal-visits-correlate-fewer-sexual-assaults/ http://www.artsandopinion.com/2013_v12_n3/hartinger.htm http://www.lawteacher.net/criminology/essays/conjugal-visit.php http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/branlaj9&div=38&id=&page = http://www.ibtimes.com/midnight-special-conjugal-visitation-rights-us-prisoners-vanishing-while-repressed-states-iran-saudi http://www.petition2congress.com/12386/the-president-united-states-approve-conjugal-visits-private-famil