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In-person visits in Texas prison system to resume next week
Read full article: In-person visits in Texas prison system to resume next weekHUNTSVILLE, Texas ā Inmates in all Texas prisons and state jails will be allowed to resume in-person visits on Monday, March 15, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. All in-person visits were halted when the coronavirus pandemic swept the state last spring. All visits must be scheduled in advance, and inmates will be allowed only two visits per month. When asked whether inmates in the Bexar County Jail would be allowed in-person visits, Sheriff Javier Salazar said, āWe havenāt really done in-person visits in several years.āInstead, he said, inmates will be allowed to continue remote video visits through a system upgraded during the pandemic. AdHe said the sheriffās office has also provided just over 660,000 free phone calls from inmates during the pandemic.