"Social furloughs" once allowed prisoners to go home for brief, unsupervised visits with loved ones While "social furloughs" remain on the books, corrections officials haven't granted them for years ...

CRANSTON, R.I. (WJAR) — New legislation would allow for romance behind prison walls in Rhode Island. The proposal would legalize conjugal visits for inmates. Conjugal visits, alone time for a prison ...

There’s a story Richard Bennett likes to tell about the first time he learned of his state’s conjugal visit program. Several years ago, a local principal told Bennett, a Republican state ...

Two women were killed while visiting with their significant others in a California prison last year, putting the controversial practice of conjugal visits for inmates in the national spotlight.

The deaths of two women during conjugal visits with their significant others at a California prison last year should prompt a suspension of the visits altogether while authorities conduct a ...

AMADOR COUNTY, Calif. (KCRA) — A second woman was killed at Mule Creek State Prison in Ione last year during a conjugal visit with her husband, officials said. KCRA 3 Investigates first reported that ...

*A tragic incident unfolded at Mule Creek State Prison in Ione, California, when a 62-year-old woman, Stephanie Dowells, was allegedly strangled by her incarcerated husband, David Brinson, during a ...