Our contact and non-contact visits were taken in early March of 2020 due to the Covid 19 pandemic. Since then we have been allowed to have 1 video visit per week with our loved ones. These visits are however, subpar at best. Half of the time we can't hear or see them or vice versa. During full lockdowns you can't even get that video visit.

I am asking that as a gesture of good will you declare a family day, I know Indiana use to have them, where loved ones can come and actually spend a day in somewhat normalcy with our loved ones who we have been deprived of for so long.

With so much already being taken from us and our loved ones, it is not to much to ask for a day where we can have a cookout, sit on the grounds, talk, and just spend quality time together. 

The rise in depression rates among inmates and their loved ones has skyrocketed during this time due to the fact that there are no in person visits. 

Please allow us this one concession for having to spend so much time apart.