South Central Correctional Center Visiting CANCELED

Aug. 11, 2020

Dear families and friends: 

Scheduled visiting at South Central Correctional Center (SCCC) in Licking, Missouri, is CANCELED this week, Aug. 13-16, in response to a case of COVID-19 at the prison.

All SCCC visiting sessions are suspended until further notice. The facility is working to quarantine and test the affected offender's close contacts and to contain any potential spread of the virus. Offenders will be notified as soon as visiting is scheduled to resume. Families and friends will be notified through this email and text alert system.

Visiting will continue as scheduled at Algoa Correctional Center in Jefferson City, Jefferson City Correctional Center in Jefferson City and Maryville Treatment Center in Maryville. Visits must be scheduled in advance, and visitors must follow new guidelines. See details on our website: doc.mo.gov/programs/family-friends/visiting.

Mass COVID-19 testing of offenders and staff in all correctional centers concludes this week. Visiting is expected to resume in the coming weeks at facilities with no active cases of the virus. Offenders will be notified.

This week the department began random sample testing, in which 10% of the population of each facility is tested to help identify possible asymptomatic outbreaks of COVID-19. The department also continues to test offenders on intake, before release, when symptoms are present, and when an offender has been in close contact with someone who has tested positive for the virus.

We understand that contact with loved ones is an essential component of strong families as well as successful reentry into the community, and we hope that you will continue to stay in touch through free Securus phone calls and JPay email messages until visiting can resume.

If you have a loved one in a Missouri Department of Corrections facility, please sign up to receive email or text alerts at public.govdelivery.com/accounts/MODOC/subscriber/new. Enter your email address or cell phone number, and select "Family & Friends" in the topics menu.

Thank you for your patience as we work to keep everyone safe.