State prisons and local jail will be open to visitors on Christmas

Marion County’s jail, as well as state prisons overseen by the Department of Corrections in Marion County, will be open to registered visitors on Christmas, despite the holiday falling on a Sunday this year.

Although the Marion County jail usually has visitation hours on Sunday, the state prison allowing visitation on Christmas is a departure from the state’s usual holiday visiting schedule, which did not include Sunday visitation.

The Florida Department of Corrections estimated that approximately 2,170 people are scheduled to visit inmates at state prisons located in Marion over the holiday weekend.

Information about registering to visit an inmate in a state prison can be found here: http://www.dc.state.fl.us/ci/visit.html and Marion County jail here: https://www.marionso.com/jail-rules-and-visitation

Lt. Paul Bloom, the spokesperson for the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, indicated that the jail will be offering Christmas services by the jail chaplain.