Life for prison inmates in Mississippi hasn't exactly been easy — one book about the state's correctional system has the title “Worse Than Slavery.” But for nearly 100 years, they have enjoyed conjugal visits. In 1918, Mississippi became the first state in the nation to allow conjugal visits in the belief they would increase the productivity of
Mississippi Inmates Face Loss Of First-Of-Its-Kind Conjugal Visits Program
Conjugal visits may soon be as much a relic of Mississippi’s penal past as chain gangs.