Corrections FAQ - Care and Treatment

If an offender is arriving from Diagnostics, requested visitors have 30 days from the intake date to turn in all the necessary documents to be considered for visitation privileges and will not be allowed to visit until everything has been received and approved.  Visitation will be granted when all the requested visitors’ applications and verifying documents have been received and approved. If an offender is arriving from another GDC facility, their previous visitation list will remain the same. Those offenders will be given the opportunity to change their visitation list in May or November. Requested visitors will have until the end of May or the end of November to turn in all the necessary documents to be considered for visitation privileges and will not be allowed to visit until everything has been received and approved. 

If an offender transfers from another facility, their approved visitation list remains as is. There is no need to resubmit an application or verifying documentation. Any pending application will not be reviewed until May or November. 

Once all appropriate documents are received, your application will be reviewed and a decision made within 2-3 business days. The offender will be notified to inform you of the approval/denial decision.

No. While it is important for every offender to maintain connections with and the support of family and friends during incarceration, the safety and security of staff, offenders and visitors are critical. Therefore, visitation is a privilege afforded to offenders and should not be considered as a right. 

Visitors are required to present positive identification prior to their admission for visiting. A driver's license with picture, a picture identification card issued by the Department of Public Safety, or other acceptable photographic identification card will be required of all visitors age sixteen (16) and over. A temporary driver's license issued by the Department of Public Safety will be acceptable when accompanied by some other form of appropriate picture identification.

All visitors are subject to a preliminary search of their person by electronic surveillance instruments (metal detectors, etc.). All items brought into the facility by a visitor will be searched by officers assigned to the visitation area. If correctional staff determine that there is reasonable suspicion of violations of department policies on contraband a more thorough search must be conducted. If this occurs, the visit will not be permitted without the visitor consenting to such a search, and then only after the search is completed will the visit occur.