VISITATION PRIVILEGE

All inmates of the facility are allowed two, 30-minute visits a week. Visitation days and times are determined by what area and room of the facility they are assigned. To learn an inmate’s visitation day/time, please contact the Adair County Sheriff’s Office at (660)665-4644 and ask for the jail.

Persons wishing to visit an inmate of the Detention Center must meet the below requirements.

• The visitor must sign in with correctional personnel at the control room window which is located at the far end of the lobby. The lobby is entered via the Franklin Street side of the building.

• The visitor must show photo identification.

• The visitor can not have been incarcerated in the Detention Center in the previous six (6) months prior to the visitation.

• An exception shall be made if the visitor was held in the Detention Center on only a twelve (12) hour self-protection hold or a twenty-four (24) hour hold that did not result in criminal charges being filed.

Children are allowed to participate in visitation. Children are required to be supervised by an adult during the duration of the visit.

Correctional Officers have the responsibility and authority to deny or discontinue an in-progress visitation if it is determined that the safety and welfare of the inmate(s), staff and/or facility is jeopardized.