COVID-19 Visitation

Visitation schedules will vary across the state due to multiple factors, including the number of inmates at each facility, staffing levels, space available, and safety concerns. We will continue to evaluate ways to accommodate various needs of our inmates and their families as the situation allows. Thank you for your continued patience.

Visitation will be highly structured to accommodate social distancing. Visiting sessions will extend two hours and offered multiple days a week. 

Inmates are allowed scheduled visits of no more than four immediate family members. Children are included in this count. Immediate family is defined as a spouse, natural or surrogate parents, grandparents, father-in-law, mother-in-law, children (to include stepchildren and adopted children), grandchildren, siblings, aunts or uncles.

Visitors will be required to provide the visitation coordinator the following information: name, phone number, inmate’s name and DOC number, housing unit, relationship to the inmate, and the number of visitors in the party (including children).

Visitors must follow all ODOC rules found in policy OP-030118. Also, all visitors must abide by the following rules and any other rules posted inside the visitation room:

• Only inmates on levels 2-4 will be allowed visitation, one per week unless otherwise noted
• Wear a facemask provided by the facility while on facility grounds (Children under the age of 2 are not required to wear a mask)
• Complete a health-screening questionnaire and have temperature measured prior to entering visitation room
• Maintain, at all times, at least 6 feet social distancing
• Chairs in the visitation room will be set up 6 feet apart between the inmate and each visitor and cannot be moved
• No physical contact between visitors and inmates is allowed
• Only items allowed will be identification, car key, and baby care items
• No money will be allowed inside, and vending machines will not be in use

Facility personnel will immediately end any session when a visitor is not adhering to these or other posted rules. The safety of our inmates and staff is our first priority.

The facility will ensure visiting rooms and visitor bathrooms are cleaned and disinfected before each session. Facilities will provide hand sanitizer stations at visitation checkpoints and inside visitor bathrooms.

As normal, facility staff will pat search all inmates and visitors prior to visitation.