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Visitors returning as COVID-19 cases decline in state prisons By: Keaton Ross Oklahoma Watch May 11, 2021
Inmates gather in a common area outside of their cells at Joseph Harp Correctional Center in Lexington. (Photo by Whitney Bryen/Oklahoma Watch)
Visitors are coming back to state prisons and reuniting with loved ones, in many cases for the first time in more than a year, as COVID-19 cases in Oklahoma’s corrections system steadily decline.
Volunteers who lead religious services and skills-based classes are also set to return later this month.
The Department of Corrections closed facilities to visitors last March after health officials warned of COVID-19 community spread. The agency reinstated family visitation with restrictions in late May 2020 but shut it down again in September after mass outbreaks at several prisons.
Tuesday, March 16th 2021, 10:32 pm
By: Barry Mangold
After pausing visits in September, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections announced Tuesday inmate visitation will resume in April.
“We know how valuable family support is to our inmates, and I am very pleased we are able to resume visitation throughout all facilities,” said department director Scott Crow in a news release.
Additional rules will be enforced by DOC staff to accommodate state health guidelines for COVID-19, such as masking and social distancing.
Visitation will officially resume on April 1. Visitors and inmates will be required to wear masks, remain six feet apart throughout visits, and no physical contact is allowed.
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Dec 29, 2020
ENID, Okla. â Enid area first responders and health care workers are being asked to sign up for COVID-19 vaccinations during an event on Thursday at Stride Bank Center, 301 S. Independence.
Only first responders and health care workers will be allowed to receive the vaccination, according to an email from Brandon Fetters, local emergency response coordinator for Alfalfa, Blaine, Canadian, Garfield, Grant, Kingfisher, Logan and Major counties.
Another event is planned for the Yukon Community Center for Thursday, as well. The link to sign up for that event is https://www.signup genius.com/go/10C0C4DA CA72AA5FDC43-first1.