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Resources for Victim Service Providers - Visitation

  • Overton, Director, Michigan Department of Corrections v. Bazzetta (2003)

    FindLaw for Legal Professionals.

    This article discusses the Overton V. Bazzetta case which supports the premise that visitation restrictions do not violate the Constitution unless they have no reasonable relationship to a legitimate penological goal.

  • Know Your Rights: Restrictions on Visitation (2005)

    ACLU National Prison Project.

    This article summarized visitation rights on time, place, manner, who may visit and legal visits. Court cases are cited.