The Danish government wants to ban prisoners serving a life sentence from entering a romantic relationship, saying they "should not have the opportunity to spend time in prisons dating or advertising their crimes ... on social media".
The move reportedly comes after Danish killer Peter Madsen engaged in a relationship with a 17-year-old.
In 2018, Madsen was sentenced to life in prison for killing Kim Wall, a 30-year-old reporter from Sweden whom he lured aboard his homemade submarine with the promise of an interview.
He dismembered her body and dumped it at sea.
Danish justice minister Nick Haekkerup said this week: "In recent years, we have seen distasteful examples of inmates who have committed bestial crimes being contacted by very young people to gain their sympathy and attention. Of course, we have to stop that."
Currently, inmates serving a long sentence can be in contact by telephone, letter and visits with people outside, allowing them to engage in a relationship while serving their sentences.
The government will propose a six-point plan next week that will "fundamentally restrict the opportunity for people serving a life sentence and certain detainees to make contact with the outside world", Mr Haekkerup said.
If adopted in the 179-seat folketing, or parliament, this autumn, the ban on relationships will apply during the first 10 years of a prisoner's sentence.
It would come into force on January 1 2022, and the centre-right opposition has already said it will back the proposal.
Madsen has denied murdering Wall. He claims she died accidentally inside the submarine, but he has confessed to throwing her body parts into the Baltic Sea.
He lost his appeal, shortly after apologising to the victim's family who were present in the appeals court. The sensational case gripped Scandinavia and the wider world.
Life sentences in Denmark usually mean 16 years in prison, but convicts are reassessed to determine whether they would pose a danger to society if released and can be kept longer.
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