Butler County jail officials say they are temporarily suspending visitation in child dependency cases with incarcerated individuals while they “rework some parameters” regarding the policy.

Warden Joe DeMore said the Butler County Prison is working with the county Children and Youth Services to “evaluate some security concerns” regarding visitation with inmates and children involved with CYS.

He said those visits have been temporarily suspended while authorities are working on “tightening down parameters around approving and disapproving visits.”

This type of visitation began at the jail facility in January 2017, and is a “privilege at this point,” DeMore said.

Charley Johns, director of CYS, said “our jail visit program is currently paused just to evaluate the policies and procedures and determine how we are going to move forward with that.”

He said the CYS office will be working closely with jail officials and service providing partners to “look at the entire process and make sure we have thought of all the variables.”

“The policy is just going to be much more in depth,” he said.

Johns said the visitation process normally proceeds with a CYS case worker making a referral to service providers, who then evaluate with the jail when and how often visits can occur with incarcerated individuals.

DeMore said no timeline for the change has been determined, and the visitation will remain suspended pending the policy changes.