PRINTER'S NO. 244
No. 226 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY RHODES, SPENCER, WHITE, FISHER, RICHARDSON,
WACHOB, O'DONNELL, LEVIN, WILLIAMS, MILLER, PICCOLA,
DONATUCCI AND KUKOVICH, FEBRUARY 12, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 12, 1979
AN ACT
1 Establishing visitation rights for married inmates of State
2 correctional institutions.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Family visitation privilege.
6 In addition to any other visitation privileges presently
7 extended to inmates of State correctional institutions, any
8 married inmate of a State correctional institution shall be
9 permitted once each month to visit within the institution with
10 his or her spouse in complete privacy for a period determined by
11 the Department of Justice which shall be not less than five
12 hours.
13 Section 2. Suspension of privilege.
14 The visitation privileges provided by section 1 may be
15 terminated or suspended by the superintendent of the institution
16 with respect to any inmate if, during the visitation period,
17 such inmate or his or her visiting spouse violates any law or
1 rule or regulation promulgated by the Bureau of Correction
2 dealing with prisoner visitation, or violates the provisions of
3 18 Pa.C.S. § 5121 (relating to escape), § 5122 (relating to
4 weapons or implements for escape), or § 5123 (relating to
5 contraband).
6 Section 3. Effective date.
7 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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