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Remand prisoner not automatically entitled to physical contact with family when visiting.
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High Court refuses judicial review of refusal to allow remand prisoner physical contact with his family on visits.
Judicial review - refusal to allow remand prisoner physical contact with family - human rights - Article 41, Irish Constitution - Article 8, European Convention on Human Rights - presumption of innocence - reasons for "screened visit" between applicant and his wife - restriction on "box visits" - limited "contact visits" - s. 35, Prisons Act 2007 - Prison Rules 2007 (S.I. No. 252/2007), rule 36 - family rights - interference with integrity of family - discretion of governor to regulate visits - measures incidental to deprivation of liberty - flexibility of system of prison visits.
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