Odenwalt v. Gillis.U.S. District Court CHILDREN CONTACT VISITS Odenwalt v. Gillis, 327 F.Supp.2d 502 (M.D.Pa. 2004). A convicted sex offender sex offender n. generic term for all persons convicted of crimes involving sex, including rape, molestation, sexual harassment and pornography production or distribution. filed a federal civil rights action alleging that state correctional officials had violated his constitutional rights by denying him contact visits with his minor children. The district court dismissed the action, finding that the offender's Eighth or Fourteenth Amendment Fourteenth Amendment, addition to the U.S. Constitution, adopted 1868. The amendment comprises five sections. Section 1 Section 1 of the amendment declares that all persons born or naturalized in the United States are American citizens and citizens rights were not violated. The court held that the no-contact regulation was supported by legitimate penological pe·nol·o·gy also poe·nol·o·gy n. The study, theory, and practice of prison management and criminal rehabilitation. [Latin poena, penalty (from Greek interests, and non-contact visits were offered as an alternative. According to the court, accommodating the request would have impaired prison officials' ability to protect children on the premises, and there was no ready alternative that did not impose significant costs on the prison. (State Correctional Institution, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania Camp Hill is a borough in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, 2 miles (3.5 km) southwest of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The population was 7,636 at the 2000 census. There are many large corporations based in nearby East Pennsboro Township that use the Camp Hill postal address, including ) |
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