Stephanie Patterson’s son was arrested in March 2022 and booked into Boulder County Jail when he was just 20 years old.
She immediately began making calls to find out how she could visit her son. In the wake of the pandemic, the only option for the entirety of his stay at the jail was phone and video calls.
“The whole time, I was like ‘I just want to hold my kid,’” she said. “I just want to give him a hug.”…