A prisoner serving a custodial sentence does not lose his right to marry1, but prisoners do not have the right to consummate their marriage while serving their sentences2. Married couples detained in separate parts of the same prison do not as a consequence of their marriage have a right to engage in sexual relations with each other during the period of their incarceration
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