Virtual visits continue for inmates who are not in quarantine dorms. Children age nine and younger must show a long-form birth certificate.įamilies of inmates who have visitation privileges and live in housing units other than general population need to schedule visits by calling the institution. Children age 10 and older must have a government-issued photo ID to visit. Inmates may have up to four visitors at a time, one of which must be an adult. Inmates may have one visit per weekend and up to four visits per month.

General population inmates with visitation privileges will be allowed four in-person visits per month. If you have not created an account, click here to do so.įor virtual visitation, you should first read carefully: the virtual visitation instructions and FAQ (PDF) before creating an account. Visits must be scheduled ahead of time on the SCDC/GTL scheduler. Visitation is now open on Saturdays and Sundays for all institutions not on covid quarantine. This will be considered as both visitors’ one-time use.Īlso, restrooms located outside the institution or in the lobby might be available before processing through the security area. If children age nine or younger are present, they must accompany the adult visitor to the restroom. Visitors may use the visitation room restrooms one time during a two-hour visit. While visitors are encouraged to use the restroom before arriving at the institution, some accommodations are being made for restroom use during weekend visitation. For more information about virtual visitation schedules, contact the institution directly. Those decisions are made at the institution. Virtual visitation is available at some institutions Monday-Friday depending on COVID restrictions. See also these important general visitation guidelines and the information below. (PDF)įind complete visitation rules for medium- and close-security institutions with non-contact visitation here. (PDF)įind complete visitation rules for medium-security institutions with contact visitation here. Also, if COVID-19 restrictions return, the department will resume using the plexiglass booths for visitation.Īnyone caught bringing contraband into SCDC will be arrested and prohibited from visiting again.Īll visits still need to be scheduled through the GTL scheduler.įind complete visitation rules for minimum-security and female institutions here. If visitors are caught with contraband, the institution could go back to non-contact visits. The visitation booths will remain in the visitation rooms. Visits at close-custody institutions and higher-security medium custody institutions will continue to be non-contact. These institutions join Camille Graham, Goodman, Leath, Livesay, Manning, Palmer and Wateree River to allow contact visits. Those institutions are Allendale, Evans, MacDougall, Trenton and Tyger River. SCDC will now allow inmates at some medium-security prisons to visit their loved ones without plexiglass booths. At other institutions, inmates not in quarantine dorms will be allowed to visit virtually.Īll visits must be scheduled at least 15 hours ahead by using the GTL scheduler.Ĭontact visits expand to some medium-security institutions Institutions with a majority of dorms on quarantine will not be allowed to visit at all. SCDC institutions without units on COVID quarantine will be allowed to visit both in person and virtually. In-person and virtual visitation are approved for all other institutions. Here are visitation details for the weekend of April 27-28:ĪLL visits are cancelled at Ridgeland this weekend.

Conjugal visit room