Prisoner Files Claim
Against Prison For Not
Allowing Him Same Sex
Conjugal Visits
A prisoner in the San
Sebastián jail in San
José has presented a
claim of
unconstitutionality
against the jail that
will not allow him to
have "visitas conyugale"
- conjugal visits - with
partners of the same
sex.
Manuel Morales Urbina,
filed a claim with the
Sala Constitucional
(Constitutional Court),
citing article 66 of the
Reglamento Técnico
Penitenciario is
discriminatory.
Urbina says the article
allows a prisoner to
have intimate contact
with a person of his or
her choice but does not
distinguish that is has
to be of the opposite
sex.
The court will have 30
days to decide on the
case before them. |
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