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This study examined the issues surrounding visitation for a sample of 222 women inmates at a maximum‐security prison. The findings indicated that the majority of inmates receive visitors, but that there is a significant percentage (21%) of inmates who do not receive any visitors. Also, the majority of inmates who are mothers (61%) do not receive visits from their minor children. This finding illustrates that perhaps the most significant determinant of whether an inmate receives visits is the distance between her home county and the prison to which she is committed. Visitation probably has a positive societal effect because it is related to improved inmate behavior, reduced rates of recidivism, or better functioning for the families, friends, and children of inmates.
Acevedo et al. (Thu,) studied this question.