A prison visitor is a person who visits prisons to befriend and monitor the welfare of prisoners in general,[1] as distinct from a person who visits a specific prisoner to whom they have a prior connection. Prisons may also have a visiting committee.
Organizationsedit
There are voluntary organisations of prison visitors in many jurisdictions, some of which have official recognition. Examples include:
^Fox, L.W. (2013). English Pris&Borstal Ils 205. International Library of Sociology (in Italian). Taylor & Francis. pp. 205–208. ISBN978-1-136-26645-4.
^. www.rodekors.no. Archived from the original on 2016-03-18.
Further readingedit
Society, Pennsylvania Prison (1874). The Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy. American periodical series: 1800-1850. p. 157.
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