# conjugal visits?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conjugal-visits/80738>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 10, 2001, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conjugal-visits/80738 "2001-09-10T20:23:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conjugal-visits/80738/1 "2001-09-10T20:23:09Z")

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In [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=86008) thread, zebra posted the following:

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> I may be wrong bi I believe that quite a few of the 'industrialized’or ‘first world’ (I think we need some new distinctions) nations provied conjucal visits for their prisioners. This leads to a calmer prision population and less repeat offenders. Should the US start providing this for their prision population?

I am skeptical of a connection between allowing conjugal visits and lessening repeat offenders. Is there some justification for this being _causation_, or is this just a _correlation_ effect?

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**Author:** ![Syzygy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Syzygy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syzygy)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conjugal-visits/80738/2 "2001-09-10T20:36:01Z")

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If we’re talking male prisoners, I can see conjugal visits calming them down. 🙂

As for whether they would also serve to reduce repeat offenses, I suppose a calmer prison population might spend more time comtemplating their mistakes and bettering themselves, rather than being pent up, focusing on getting out of jail, getting angrier by the day.

'Course it’s just my WAG.

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**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conjugal-visits/80738/3 "2001-09-10T20:36:07Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Irishman \*  
> \*\*In [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=86008) thread, zebra posted the following:
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> > I may be wrong bi I believe that quite a few of the 'industrialized’or ‘first world’ (I think we need some new distinctions) nations provied conjucal visits for their prisioners. This leads to a calmer prision population and less repeat offenders. Should the US start providing this for their prision population?
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> I am skeptical of a connection between allowing conjugal visits and lessening repeat offenders. Is there some justification for this being _causation_, or is this just a _correlation_ effect? \*\*

I thought we did provide conjugal visits. however I am of the opinion that someone is a criminal not some depraved lunatic just because they broke into a house, stole a VCR and got caught. I mean Jesus Christ, why should this mean that they shouldn’t get ANY amenities at all for the next year and a half?

Erek