| Sentence Execution Code of Latvia (Latvijas Sodu izpildes kodekss) | Depending on the severity of the detainees' sentence, the visitation rights are more or less strict. Subject to certain exceptions, convicted detainees are generally allowed to have visits in private. There are two types of visits that may be granted: short visits and long visits. The short visits may last between one and two hours, while the long visits may last between six and 48 hours and the detainee may be visited by a maximum of two adults and two minors at the same time. The convicted detainee may be visited by relatives (parents, children, siblings, grandfather, grandmother, grandchildren or spouse) or, by decision of the head of the detention facility, another person, if they have had a common household or have a child together. The actual length of the visit is decided by the head of the detention facility. There is no restriction placed on the number of letters convicted detainees can send and receive. Prison staff shall examine the correspondence of convicted detainees for the same reasons and with the same exceptions as the correspondence
of the pre-trial detainees. |