Does an inmate have an eighth amendment right to contact his family?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Ching v. Lewis, 895 F.2d 1416 (9th Cir. 1989):
An inmate has no eighth amendment right to contact visitation. Toussaint, 801 F.2d at 1113. There can be no eighth amendment violation unless the claimed deprivation results in the wanton infliction of pain and is without penological justification. Rhodes v. Chapman, 452 U.S. 337, 346 (1981). There have been no allegations of wanton infliction of pain. Thus, the appellant has no eighth amendment claim for being denied contact visits with his family.
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