Two women were killed while visiting with their significant others in a California prison last year, putting the controversial practice of conjugal visits for inmates in the national spotlight.

WASHINGTON – Starting next month, prisoners in Mississippi will no longer be legally allowed to get busy behind bars. Citing the cost of cleanup and other expenses, and unexpected pregnancies, the ...

Two women were were allegedly killed while visiting with their significant others in a California prison last year, putting the controversial practice of conjugal visits for inmates in the national ...

A notorious killer serving life in prison without the possibility of parole for the slaying of four men in Los Angeles County reportedly strangled his wife to death during a conjugal visit late last ...

IONE, Calif. (WKRC) - A husband allegedly strangled his wife to death during a conjugal visit at the prison he was sentenced to after murdering four people in an armed robbery. According to ...

As it turns out, the November death of 62-year-old Stephanie Dowells while visiting her husband at Mule Creek State Prison was not the prison’s first murder during a conjugal visit. A second woman was ...

Columbus B. Hopper, a sociologist at Ole Miss, visited Mississippi State Penitentiary in 1962 to study the effects of the conjugal visits on inmate behavior. In talking to prisoners, Hopper found that ...

PARCHMAN, Miss. (Dec. 19) – The first state to allow conjugal visits to its prison population more than 100 years ago will bring the program to a close as of Feb. 1, 2014. The head of Mississippi’s ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. 48 states allow the shackling of female inmates while they are giving birth. The ...

AMADOR COUNTY, Calif. (KCRA) — A second woman was killed at Mule Creek State Prison in Ione last year during a conjugal visit with her husband, officials said. KCRA 3 Investigates first reported that ...