A Monitoring Guide 81 When intimate visits are allowed, access to condoms or other prophylactics and basic information on sexual and reproductive health should be provided to detainees. However, measures to prevent STIs have been mostly sought for heterosexual visits, with evidence indicating that when conjugal visits are allowed for same-sex partners, lesbians and trans men in particular are not provided with appropriate information and protection. Good practice Prison regulations expressly allowing intimate visits for LGBTI detainees In Costa Rica, the Supreme Court ruled in favour of a prisoner who lodged a complaint about the discriminatory nature of penitentiary rules providing that intimate visits could only take place between heterosexual partners. Following this 2011 ruling, the regulation was changed to ensure that same-sex partners are also given the possibility of accessing conjugal visits67. In Colombia, the General Regulation on Correctional Establishments establishes68 that no prison establishment can deny the right to intimate visits on the basis of the sexual orientation or the gender identity of the person deprived of liberty (Art. 71, para. 1). In Brazil, the Joint Resolution of the Presidency of the Republic and the National Council against Discrimination (April 2014) makes explicit reference to the Yogyakarta Principles and guarantees the right to intimate visits for LGBTI detainees (Art. 6)69. 67 Acción de inconstitucionalidad contra el artículo 66 del Reglamento Técnico Penitenciario, Decreto Ejecutivo Número 33876-J, Exp: 08-002849- 0007-CO, Res. No. 2011013800. 68 Resolución 006349 Por la cual se expide el Reglamento General de los Establecimientos de Reclusión del Orden Nacional-ERON a cargo del INPEC, 19 dic. 2016. 69 Resolução conjunta N°1, Presidencia da Republica Conselho Nacional de combate a discriminação, abril 2014. Chapter III In prisons where corruption prevails and where detainees have to pay to access intimate visits, discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity is likely to be exacerbated and LGBTI detainees are simply denied such visits.

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