Opinion
No. 97-00489
Opinion filed November 6, 1998.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Lee County; William J. Nelson, Judge.
Judy Bone, Assistant General Counsel, Department of Corrections, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Julius J. Aulisio, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellee.
The Department of Corrections appeals an order directing that Rubin Alvarado, a prisoner convicted of sexual battery on a child under the age of twelve and lewd and lascivious assault, be allowed visitation privileges with his children.
As Alvarado appears to recognize, "regulation of prison visitation lies wholly within the authority of the DOC."Singletary v. Carpenter, 705 So.2d 110, 111 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998).
Accordingly, we quash the order appealed.
PATTERSON, A.C.J., and GREEN, J., Concur.