I went to visit my boyfriend this past weekend at Petersburg. It was foggy, so they told us that we had to wait until the fog lifted. About 10:30, a man came down and told us that if the fog hadn't lifted by noon, they were cancelling visitation for the day. Noon arrived, and the fog was pretty much lifted but they cancelled visitation anyway.

While standing around and waiting, I was talking to this girl who told me someone had escaped from the camp, but they had found them.

I was just wondering if this fog policy was standard, or perhaps because of the escape they were being extra careful. I've looked online and can't find any news reports about this alleged escape. I was wondering if anyone had any information about this, or could point me in the direction of information.

I know they have to be careful and all that, but how crappy was it that I drove 6 hours, only to have to turn around and drive 6 more hours home, and didn't even get to see my man? It was real crappy let me tell ya. Although, it wasn't as crappy as the grandmother who drove forever from Ohio, or all the kids who were crying because they didn't get to see their daddies. :(

I don't know about the cancellation of visits but FCI Beckley where my husband is at gets locked down quite often due to fog. He says alot of mornings that they don't get out until after noon because of fog also.

here is a news article about the prisoner who escaped

http://www.progress-index.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17511903&BRD=2271&PAG=461&dept_id=462946&rfi=6

Its sad actually...but it is a reasonable security issue. Not all places seem to be as strict with this but considering they had some issue so recently, I can see them taking the extra step. We had someone else recently say there was a delay due to fog but it was at another institution

This weekend there was fog at Beaumont & my husband was worried that we wouldn't get in. By the time I arrived at 10:30 the fog had lifted & they were processing visitors...but it easily could have been just a good day to drive to Beaumont!