Illinois Prisons To Restart In-Person Visits, Over A Year After COVID Stoppage

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Within a month, Illinois prisons will be allowing in-person visitation again.
It's been over a year since the Illinois Department of Corrections stopped visitation to try to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Department spokesperson Lindsey Hess said plans to restart visitation have been in the works for months. IDOC has been working with the Illinois Department of Public Health on the plan.
Hess said the state's prison system has made video visitation work, but she said there's no substitute for having the opportunity to visit in person.
"It's incredibly important for incarcerated individuals' emotional well being, their rehabilitation, and to maintain family bonds," said Hess. "That's why it was such a priority for us to resume visitation as quickly as possible and in the safest manner as possible."

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