Developed against the backdrop of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the protocols which have been established to prevent or limit the spread of the disease, the Online visitation initiative is one of the changes made at Antigua and Barbuda’s lone correction facility to allow inmates and family to keep in contact.
Antigua’s Prison Acting Superintendent Jermaine Anthony said “the new platform which was donated by CARICOM Impacts, will function the same ways as an in person visit, as love ones will still be asked to schedule time and dates for visits”.
Each individual will be assigned a log in password code each time a visitation is scheduled. Those numbers will be automatically generated by the computer,” Anthony mentioned.
Online visitors will be able to share screen time for 20 minutes with the maximum of three loved ones.
