June 15th, 2015 (InsideCostaRica.com) After appeals by prisoners serving time in the maximum security unit of Costa Rica’s La Reforma Prison, the country’s Constitutional Court has ordered that better mattresses be provided for conjugal visits.
Prisoners had complained that mattresses used in a special area of the prison provided for conjugal visits were unhygienic and decrepit.
The Court ordered the Justice Ministry to provide adequate mattresses within a period of three months.
Inmates are allowed one four-hour conjugal visit every fifteen days.