In 2012, research published by the Southern Criminal Justice Association found US states that allow conjugal visits have a lower level of sexual offending in prisons. All human beings have important drives and desires." citation needed France edit In France, inmates are permitted conjugal visits. The State Prison of East Jutland has apartments for couples, where inmates who have been sentenced to more than eight years in prison can have visitation for 47 hours per visit. At the least, it would help curb the macho bullshit that goes on. In Denmark, conjugal visits are permissible. ![]() "I really believe allowing conjugal visits could play a key role in rehabilitation and learning how to cope with prison and what prison means. Guys ring their wives at night and when they don't answer, rumours start going around the place, 'Oh, she's sleeping with someone else', 'she's a bitch', and it really plays on guys' minds," he says. "Distrust and jealousy is maybe the most common thread you hear in prisons. Taito has seen countless people emerge from the system and struggle to build, or rebuild, intimate relationships. It can become abusive or just a notch-on-the-belt thing, including for guys with long-term partners." "When a guy finally gets out, sex isn't the same anymore. He believes quickies in visitor rooms happen far less now as "there are cameras everywhere".įrustration can build over years and eventually boil over in violent ways, he says. Taito says the punishment for those caught was having to switch to "booth visits" for a few months, depending on what sexual act they were caught doing. It was sort of par for the course for people who thought they could get away with it." I've seen it myself, I've done it myself. "Lots of guys have done it in the visitor rooms. Now armed with a Bachelor's degree in Sociology and Māori, the giant man with a similar degree of intellect and humour gives talks at universities and schools about his former life. The Samoan ex-con last walked free a decade ago. ![]() Taito has spent more than 15 years of his life in prisons for crimes including aggravated robbery and drug-dealing. Photo / File Par for the courseĪllowed a few minutes in a visitor room, the former King Cobra gang member and his partner did their best to stifle their panting, fearful of the guard pacing the corridor metres away. Matt Robson says the response to his suggestion in 2000 was all politics.
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