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| Conjugal visits to end in NM |
| By abqjournal.com- Russell Contreras |
| Published: 04/17/2014 |
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Joining a growing trend nationally, New Mexico Department of Corrections said Wednesday that it is ending its 30-year-old policy of allowing inmates overnight visits with lovers and family. Beginning May 1, inmates in the state’s 11 prisons will no longer be allowed conjugal visits, the agency said. That change means New Mexico is the latest state to end what used to be a common practice in prisons across the country. Mississippi, for example, ended its conjugal visit policy this year despite criticism from some civil rights groups, and only four other states – California, Connecticut, New York and Washington – still allow the practice. Read More. |
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