CONJUGAL VISITS IN U.S. PRISONS

I HAVE BEEN WITH AN INMATE DOING LIFE IN PRISON FOR TWO YEARS NOW. I HAVE BEEN DEVASTATED TO HEAR THAT HE, BEING A "LIFER" CANNOT GET CONJUGAL VISITS. CONJUGALS ARE NOT ONLY FOR INTIMACY BUT FOR FAMILY TIME... MY DAUGHTERS LOVE THEIR DADDY. ITS FUNNY HOW INMATES ARE ALLOWED TO MARRY BUT NOT ALLOWED TO FURTHER THE MARRIAGE CONNECTIONS. ITS CRUEL. I TRULY AND FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT IF GOD GAVE US THAT RIGHT WE SHOULD PUT IT TO USE IN ALL MARRIAGES! YES, EVEN INCARCERATED ONES! THINK ABOUT IT PEOPLE... " IF YOU TREAT A HUMAN BEING LIKE AN ANIMAL, THEY SOON ADAPT TO BEING TREATED LIKE ONE, AND BECOME ONE!" LET LIFERS HAVE THE GOD GIVEN RIGHT TO HAVE INTIMACY IN THEIR MARRIAGES. AS WELL AS BE FATHERS TO THEIR CHILDREN. THEIR KIDS DESERVE TO HAVE DADDY DO MORE THAN STAND IN A CROWDED ROOM AMOUNG STRANGERS AND WORRY IF THE C.O.'S WILL TELL YOU YOUR HUGGING YOUR FAMILY TOO MUCH! MOST OF THIS IS THE DOING OF AN ANGRY CHARLIE MANSON FAMILY VICTIM, WHEN SHARON TATES SISTER FOUND OUT ONE OF THE MANSONS FOLLOWERS WAS TRYING TO HAVE A BABY WITH HER HUSBAND. OUR LOVED ONES LOST THEIR CONJUGAL RIGHTS BACK IN 1996 DUE TO THE TRAGEDY OF ONE FAMILY. OTHER FAMILIES OF LIFERS ARE SUFFERING NOW. I FEEL THAT FAMILIES LOSS BECAUSE I AM ALSO A WIDOW. BUT I DON'T NEED TO SUFFER ANYMORE. NEITHER DOES ANY OTHER PERSON OR FAMILY WITH A LIFER IN THEIR HEART.

STOP THE IGNORANCE... BRING BACK THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF MARRIAGES... TO THE LIFERS THAT NEED IT MOST.
   - TO ALL THAT TAKE THE TIME TO SIGN, THANK YOU!
   - TO ALL THOSE WHO OPPOSE, YOU NEVER KNOW HOW THE WORLD TURNS AND FATE MIGHT HAVE YOU ON THE SIDE OF NEEDING CONJUGALS BACK FOR A LIFER YOU KNOW AND LOVE.

THANK YOU - CHRISTINA VIRGEN-QUIROZ