A Colorado jail hasn’t allowed in‑person visits in nearly 20 years

By: Jillian Turanovic, Melinda Tasca

Outlets: Colorado Newsline

Published: August 17, 2026

Words: 1,195

Last Updated: 22 hours, 12 minutes ago

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This commentary was originally published by The Conversation.

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 of county jails across the …

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