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conjugal rights
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conjugal rights n. a spouse's so-called "rights" to the comforts and companionship from his/her mate, meaning sexual relations. Some states allow prisoners to have "conjugal visits" so that they may have private visits and sexual relations with his/her spouse (or "significant other") in a special room or apartment.
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The FSC held that married prisoners should be allowed conjugal visits at special facilities within jail premises or be released on short parole to visit their families.
120 private rooms to be constructed in Jails for married inmates by The Frontier Star (Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan)
The Alexander Maconochie Centre's conjugal visits policy, which includes same-sex couples, came into being on March 30 when the jail received its first prisoners.
Well-behaved prisoners allowed to receive conjugal visits Down Under by Asian News International
Edict spurs debate "A large number of countries in the world, including some Arab countries, allow prisoners conjugal visits in a manner that doesn't impinge on the dignity of either the prisoner or his spouse," he said.
Egypt activists make case for prisoners' conjugal rights by Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)
 
 
 
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