Wesson v. Johnson

This is a class action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1983 (1970), whereby plaintiff claims that he and all other pretrial detainees in the custody of the defendant in the Adams County Jail have been denied their constitutional right to a program of contact visitation. The trial court held that there was a constitutional right to contact visitation but that security requirements precluded implementation of such a program in the Adams County Jail. We reverse the judgment of the trial court.

Persons in the plaintiffs class are detained in jail awaiting trial on criminal charges. These are…