The Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet has announced that visitation dates and times for the facilities operated by the Department of Corrections and Department of Juvenile Justice are now available for vaccinated family and friends to schedule an appointment to visit with their loved ones in-person.
In-person visitation will officially resume beginning the week of June 20, which will provide enough time to implement safety protocols such installation of plexiglass in visitation areas. Additionally, the scheduled date provides notice for family and friends of the justice-involved population who are not yet vaccinated to receive their vaccine.
All visitors at facilities will be required to provide proof of a completed COVID-19 vaccination card prior to admittance and will be required to wear a mask and practice social distancing at all times while inside the facilities. Additionally, each inmate and youth will be allowed only two visitors at a time, and all visitors will be subject to a temperature and symptom check upon arrival.
In-person visitations were stopped in March of 2020 as a precaution to prevent COVID-19 from entering and spreading through the facilities.
Virtual visits will be offered at all facilities for the foreseeable future. These visitation guidelines only apply to DOC’s 14 prisons that house state inmates, and not county jails. For information regarding in-person visitation with a state prisoner housed at a jail, please contact the jail directly.