Case Name: Harry K. SINGLETARY, Jr., Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, Appellant, v. Rubin ALVARADO, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-11-06
Citations: 725 So. 2d 1152
Docket Number: No. 97-00489
Parties: Harry K. SINGLETARY, Jr., Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, Appellant, v. Rubin ALVARADO, Appellee.
Judges: PATTERSON, A.C.J., and GREEN, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 725
Pages: 1152–1153

Head Matter:
Harry K. SINGLETARY, Jr., Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, Appellant, v. Rubin ALVARADO, Appellee.
No. 97-00489.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Nov. 6, 1998.
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.

Opinion:
WHATLEY, Judge.
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.