Conjugal Association in Prison: Issues and Perspectives

Goetting, Ann

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“…The findings of this study correlate with other research findings revealing that conjugal visits decrease the emotional frustrations of inmates (Goetting, 1982), reduce tension among inmates (Chesney-Lind & Pollock-Byrne, 1995;Wyatt, 2005), and foster dyadic stability (Carlson & Cervera, 1991;Owen, 1998;Pollock-Byrne, 1990;Robertson, 1999). The participants of this study maintained that the visits with their spouses allow them to disclose their personal anxieties and sorrows, receive valuable emotional support, and make plans for the future with their partners.…”

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“…Conjugal visits are believed to have positive effects during and after confinement (Hensley, Rutland, & Gray-Ray, 2000b;Tewksbury & DeMichele, 2005): namely, the reduction of sexual and nonsexual violence among inmates and the provision of opportunities to preserve family ties and marital stability (Turner, 2000). Nonetheless, only a few studies have made a theoretical and empirical attempt to address these issues in men's prisons (Bennett, 1989;Goetting, 1982;Wyatt, 2005), and fewer studies dealt with these issues in women's prisons (Hensley et al, 2000b;Hensley, Rutland, Gray-Ray, & Durant, 2000).…”

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“…Nonetheless, only a few studies have made a theoretical and empirical attempt to address these issues in men's prisons (Bennett, 1989;Goetting, 1982;Wyatt, 2005), and fewer studies dealt with these issues in women's prisons (Hensley et al, 2000b;Hensley, Rutland, Gray-Ray, & Durant, 2000).…”

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Rabinovitz

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Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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Conjugal visits are believed to have positive effects during and after confinement. Yet, studies on the dynamics of such visits from women's point of view and their attitudes toward such visits are sparse. This study sought to identify and analyze female inmates' attitudes toward conjugal visits, describe the dynamics of conjugal visitations, and examine the meaning of conjugal visitation programs to the participants. The findings of this study reveal that (a) female inmates perceive conjugal visits as a significant and positive program in the prison, (b) these visits ease their pains of imprisonment and help to strengthen their relationships with their partners, and (c) nevertheless, the inmates express some criticism toward the poor condition of the visitation facilities and their unsatisfactory upkeep, claiming that such conditions limit their ability to feel and act freely during the meetings.

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“…The term, "red houses" actually came from the paint used on the outside walls rather than a reference to the "red light district." Official recognition of the conjugal visitation program did not begin until 1965 when the first brick "red house" was constructed (Goetting, 1982;Hopper, 1969). In 1972, the prison administration at Parchman began to support the program; thus, allowing female inmates to participate (Hopper, 1989).…”

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What We Have Learned from Studying Prison Sex

Hensley

2000

Humanity & Society

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For the last eighty years, researchers have been studying sexuality in prison. Unfortunately, they have often been viewed with skepticism by their colleagues, correctional administrators, and society. Even though researchers have been faced with these problems, they have made great strides in advancing the study of prison sexuality. They have been fortunate enough to shape policy in efforts to reduce prison violence and sexually transmitted diseases, advocate condom distribution within correctional facilities, and bring the topic of prison sex to the nation's attention. Although many may consider the issue to be deviant, prison sex researchers have made positive contributions to the study of one of the most marginalized and controversial issues in corrections. This paper addresses what we have learned from studying prison sex. Consensual Sex and Pseudo-Families in Female Correctional Institutions Unlike most sociological and criminological research, the study of consensual sex in prison actually began in female correctional institutions. In 1913, Otis described

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“…Using these variables, Morris constructed a typology with eight situations predicting whether marital relationships would be strained or strengthened by a husband's imprisonment, and she made specific recommendations for the "treatment of family problems as a whole" by prison and social services (Morris 1965, p. 10). Yet rather than inspiring derived studies, development of her analytical framework, or implementation of her suggested policy reforms, Morris's substantial contribution lay essentially untouched by the sparse and conceptually isolated publications of the next three decades, which appeared chiefly in psychology, social work, criminology, and corrections (see, for example, Gibbs 1971, Sack et al 1976, Bakker et al 1978, Daniel & Barrett 1981, Goetting 1982, Hinds 1982, Hannon et al 1984, Lowenstein 1986.…”

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Punishment Beyond the Legal Offender

Comfort

2007

Annu. Rev. Law. Soc. Sci.

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In the United States, lawbreakers are treated as social isolates, and the sentences imposed upon them are conceived of as affecting a discrete individual. However, people who commit or are suspected of committing crimes are generally embedded in kinship webs and social networks that draw others into the ambit of the state's punishment apparatus. Through their association with someone convicted of a crime, legally innocent people have firsthand and often intense contact with criminal justice authorities and correctional facilities, they experience variants of the direct and indirect consequences of incarceration, and they are confronted by the paradox of a penal state that has become the primary distributor of social services for the poor in the United States. Collectively, studies investigating punishment beyond the offender contribute to the understanding of the wide and multi-faceted impact of punitive sanctions and spotlight the importance of considering this full range of repercussions when evaluating the scope of the nation's policing, judicial, and correctional policies. 271 Annu. Rev. Law. Soc. Sci. 2007.3:271-296. Downloaded from www.annualreviews.org Access provided by Auburn University on 02/02/15. For personal use only.

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Conjugal Association in Prison: Issues and Perspectives

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A Warm Touch in a Cold Cell

A Warm Touch in a Cold Cell

What We Have Learned from Studying Prison Sex

Punishment Beyond the Legal Offender

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