Prisoners get rewarded with sex just for behaving themselves while in jail
PRISONERS are being rewarded with sex sessions just for behaving themselves while in jail as part of a program Corrections Victoria says is important in reducing reoffending.
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PRISONERS are being rewarded with sex sessions if they behave themselves.
But some inmates are faking their relationship status to get their lover on the approved checklist.
The sex cell visits are available to low and medium security prisoners and not high security jail birds.
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But should our most hardened criminals be moved to a another prison or just before release, they too are entitled to intimacy.
Corrections Victoria spokeswoman Courtney Crane said the department could not comment on the approval process because of security reasons.
“The program has been significantly strengthened in recent years, with special-category offenders subject to a much higher threshold of approval,” she said.
Corrections Victoria could not say how many conjugal visas were approved but that the residential visits helped prisoners reintegrate into family life upon release.
Victoria and the ACT are believed to be the only places in Australia to allow conjugal visits.
Prisoners must ask for permission for the sex visits and must prove they were in relationship with the person before they were imprisoned.
A special room is set up in an extension of the visit centre.
But a senior corrections source said some inmates had managed to con authorities with made-up relationships to get the sex visits.
He said others were being rewarded for being “model prisoners”.
“You know the ones who get approved have played ball and have been good during their sentence,” the insider said.
Corrections Victoria said the Residential Visit Program, which also included contact with children and other family members, was important in reducing reoffending as jail took a “heavy toll” on prisoner’s families.