Mexician Inmates May Get Conjugal Visits
Pink Press - 04 October 2004
Gay inmates in Mexico City prisons may soon be allowed conjugal visits because of a recent national constitutional amendment protecting prisoners' rights.
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 Gay inmates in Mexico City prisons may soon be allowed conjugal visits because of a recent national constitutional amendment protecting prisoners' rights. Alejandro Encinas, the city's secretary of government, told the newspaper Reforma that regulations under the new order would allow requests for "intimate visits" from gay prisoners. "We would be obliged to analyze it [a request] and we would have to find sufficient, necessary legal support to accept," Encinas said in a quote published by the Associated Press. The new regulations were published on Tuesday, and so far no gay inmates have requested such visits. The regulations, spurred by a recent change to the Constitution, demand "respect for human rights, without distinction or preference by group, religion, sexual orientation or by particular individuals" within the corrections system. Paula Ettelbrick, executive director of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, said she hopes other cities follow Mexico City's lead in implementing the federal nondiscrimination law. "Prison inmates in general are among the most ignored and abused groups in society," Ettelbrick told the PlanetOut Network. "Mexico City's recognition that lesbian and gay inmates should be allowed to have intimate visits with their partners is a profound illustration of the city's commitment to human rights and legal equality." Many Latin American countries offer conjugal visitation rights to some married inmates. In 2001, a Colombian court ruled that gay inmates with partners should have equal visitation rights as married prisoners, the AP reported
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