How to send messages, photos, and packages
Virtual visits at Allendale Correctional Facility go through GTL VisitMe. If you're on the inmate's approved visitation list, create a GTL VisitMe account before requesting or scheduling a visit. Visits must be booked at least three days ahead but no more than seven days in advance—plan around that window. Up to four approved visitors can join a single virtual visit. All virtual visits are recorded and may be reviewed. Inappropriate behavior can end the visit early and lead to sanctions. As of Feb. 1, 2025, virtual visits cost $0.16 per minute, charged by actual minutes used. For account or technical issues (including blocked numbers and PrePay setup), GTL offers phone support through its published help lines.
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If you’re on the inmate’s approved visitation list, you can request a virtual visit. Create an account on the GTL VisitMe site, then use that account to schedule the visit.
You must schedule virtual visits at least three days and no more than seven days in advance. Schedule as early as you can within that window and double-check the time, since vendor systems often limit how far ahead you can make changes.
Virtual visits cost $0.16 per minute as of Feb. 1, 2025, charged by actual minutes used. An older FAQ listed a flat $10 fee for a 50-minute visit, but the updated SCDC memo rate is now the billing standard.
Up to four approved visitors can participate in a single virtual visit. All virtual visits are recorded and may be reviewed; inappropriate behavior can lead to the visit being ended and possible sanctions.
Allendale Correctional Institution now allows contact visits—meaning visits without plexiglass—as part of SCDC's expansion to certain medium-security prisons. If you've only ever done booth visits, here's the big change: you'll be in the same room with your loved one during your scheduled session.
Planning visits at Allendale? The two questions everyone asks: how often can your loved one have visitors, and how many people can come at once? Here's how the limits work—and what to do when slots fill up.
Allendale Correctional Facility follows South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) rules for what's allowed on property. The biggest surprise for many visitors? SCDC is tobacco-free. Bring tobacco-related items onto the grounds and you could be turned away.
