For the first in more than a year, Michigan prisoners will be able to receive visitors — although they'll have a plexiglass shield between them — starting March 20, state corrections officials announced Friday. The Michigan Department of Corrections on March 13, 2020, suspended in-person visits at its facilities because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Visits will resume with two-hour time limits, and no physical contact will be allowed. "We recognize how important in-person visitation is to our prison population,” MDOC director Heidi Washington said in a release Friday. “With the continuation of vaccines and cases within the MDOC on a steady decline, the department is prepared to provide in-person visits without jeopardizing the safety and well-being of our inmates and staff.”