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In-Person Visits Resume Only for Vaccinated Missouri Prisoners

In-Person Visits Resume Only for Vaccinated Missouri Prisoners
A no trespassing sign is displayed outside the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., on Aug. 28, 2020. Michael Conroy/AP Photo
Jessica Marie Baumgartner
Jessica Marie Baumgartner
Freelancer
6/9/2021|Updated: 6/9/2021

In-person visitation for inmates at Missouri state prisons has resumed for the first time this year. COVID-19 policies suspended in-house visits at the start of the pandemic. These restrictions were lifted in select locations last June, but as cold & flu season returned, they were once again put in place.

Now, due to availability of the vaccine, and the Missouri Department of Corrections’ goal to safely re-open, vaccinated inmates are once again being allowed to see loved ones for in-person visits. A few other states are also resuming in-person visitation, but restricting prisoners who abstain from getting vaccinated is a state policy that has not been adopted everywhere.

Jessica Marie Baumgartner
Jessica Marie Baumgartner
Freelancer
Jessica is the Missouri reporter for The Epoch Times, and has written for: Evie Magazine, The New American, American Thinker, The St. Louis Post Dispatch, and many more. She is also the author of, “The Magic of Nature,” “Walk Your Path,” and “The Golden Rule.”
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