ABSTRACT
Traditionally, the right of prisoners to have visitors while incarcerated has been strictly limited by prison offi cials. Many states permit a prisoner to see only those persons who have been approved by the prison administrators. Cases concerning prisoners’ rights to have visitors generally hold that controlling this activity is within the prison offi cials’ discretion and that such control is not subject to judicial reversal unless a clear abuse of discretion is shown.1 Further, any restrictions imposed by prison visitation policies must merely be reasonably related to a legitimate government interest.2
