Talk:Conjugal visit

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See discussion on the talk page? This isn't much of a talk page, much less a discussion. Maybe we could do without the tag? --71.248.77.118 01:31, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

The message "The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view" refers to the fact that this article seems to be only about conjugal visits in the united states, whereas wikipedia is not US-specific. The article needs to be rewritten to take into account conjugal visits in the rest of the world. --Xyzzyplugh 13:32, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

And putting an "around the world" section, but still with a primary focus on the US doesn't count as remedying the problem. Brentt 20:45, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pop culture/trivia section

Triviacreep has hit this article. Few if any of the entries in pop culture influences meet the criteria of WP:TRIVIA, so I'm being bold and removing them. Fireplace 15:57, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Struck down?

> The Federal Bureau of Prisons does not allow conjugal visits <

Didn't the US federal government signed various UN treaties that say people have the inalienable right to reproduce? Int'l treaties signed and ratified supercede national constitutions and legislations.

No, they don't. The US Constitution is the supreme law of the land, and any international treaties, signed and ratified or not, that contradict the Constitution are null and void. - MSTCrow 17:32, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Unconstitutional, not null and void. -91.32.237.142 16:40, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

It seems you're suggesting that the Constitution declares that people do *not* have the inalienable right to reproduce (otherwise it couldn't actually contradict it). Do you have the citations for that? I have never seen/heard of that. 74.211.15.51 19:45, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Contradict

Paragraph 1 states that conjugal visits are the right of the spouse, not the inmate. Paragraph 2 states that they are contingent on the inmate's good behaviour. How can the inmate's behaviour impinge on a right of the spouse? Zargulon 16:25, 3 June 2007 (UTC)