Visiting Day

Visitation at the Lincoln correctional center is intimidating the first time you go.  The unknown is very scary. The personnel at the correctional center in Nebraska have never shown me anything but respect. Any time I have had questions they are answered with compassion and there are even a couple of the guards at the visitation center that we have gotten to know well.

My niece, who was 10 at the time, is very close to my son and we had to evaluate the visitation process to see if it was appropriate for her to go to. After some thought, her parents decided that she would do fine on a visit and off to Lincoln we went. 

We tried to explain things in a way that a 10 year old would understand, that there is a high fence around the center, a guard would look at the bottom of her feet, she can hug her cousin but not sit on his lap. I am sure we overwhelmed her with information and rules, but we were a little nervous.

As we were driving into the facility, that little girl did not see the big fences or the guards stations. Through the fence we could see some of the inmates playing basket ball and her face lit up as she points and shouts

"They get recess!!!!"

Out of the mouths of babes.


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