Wesson v. Bowling

In this original proceeding, petitioner seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the district court 1 to enter a written order complying with the mandate of this court as announced in Wesson v. Johnson, 195 Colo. 521, 579 P.2d 1165 (1978). We issued a rule to show cause and now discharge that rule.

The Wesson case was concerned with the question of whether pretrial detainees were constitutionally entitled to a program guaranteeing them contact visitation rights. The trial court held that there was a constitutional right to contact visitation but that security requirements at the jail precluded the…