A Colorado jail hasn’t allowed in-person visits in nearly 20 years – here’s what research says about visitation’s effects

Nearly all county jails across Colorado’s Front Range allow prisoners to visit with their loved ones only virtually.

By: Jillian Turanovic, University of Colorado Boulder and Melinda Tasca, University of Texas at El Paso, The Conversation

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Published: August 10, 2026

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Last Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago

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By Jillian Turanovic, University of Colorado Boulder and Melinda Tasca, University of Texas at El Paso

The Adams County Jail, just north of Denver, does not allow in-person visits. Over the course of their incarceration, people detained there will never share a visiting room with their families and children, or even sit across from them behind a plexiglass barrier.

As in nearly all county jails across Colorado’s Front Range and a growing number …

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