Conjugal visitation rights, privileges and standards of provision inside European prisons: A socio-legal study of extant literature

Marie Claire Van Hout, Ulla-Britt Klankwarth and Heino Stöver

Social Science & Medicine, 2025, vol. 374, issue C

Abstract: Conjugal visits in prisons remain controversial, with the bulk of literature concentrated in the United States. A socio-legal study mapped and described conjugal visitation rights and provision in prisons in the Council of Europe region, where over half a million are detained. A systematic search and socio-legal assessment of empirical literature, Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) country missions, and European Court of Human Rights jurisprudence was conducted. No date restriction was applied.

Keywords: Conjugal visit; Intimate unsupervised visit; Private visit; Prison; Council of Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117879

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