Before Your First Visit to Bare Hill Correctional Facility: Using the Visitor Hospitality Center and Preparing to Visit
Your first visit to Bare Hill Correctional Facility goes more smoothly when you know what support is available and what DOCCS expects at check-in. Here's what you need to know about the Visitor Hospitality Center and how to prepare.
DOCCS encourages visits from family and friends, but there are rules - and they exist for good reason. Safety. Those rules protect you, facility staff, and incarcerated individuals. Planning ahead means less stress about the process and more focus on the visit itself.
Before heading inside, stop by the Visitor Hospitality Center. It's a sheltered spot where visiting families can pause and regroup before entering the facility.
- ✓ Restrooms
- ✓ Baby changing station
- ✓ Lockers for storing personal belongings
The Hospitality Center is also where you'll find practical information - visitation rules, regulations, and details about how packages work. Better to learn this here than guess at check-in.
Visits at Bare Hill follow DOCCS visiting rules. Screening and check-in are part of the process - these steps keep everyone safe. Follow staff instructions as you move through each step, and things will go faster.
Reminder: During check-in and screening, follow staff directions closely. The rules are there to help keep visitors, staff, and incarcerated people safe.
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- ✓ Build in extra time so you can use the Visitor Hospitality Center for shelter and a short break before entering.
- ✓ Use the restrooms or baby changing station if you need to before you go inside.
- ✓ Put personal belongings in the lockers so you’re not juggling items at the door.
- ✓ Read the posted information about visitation rules, regulations, and package policies while you’re there.
- ✓ Expect your visit to be subject to DOCCS rules designed for safety.
- ✓ Follow staff instructions during check-in and throughout the visit.
Planning to bring items for your loved one? You can't hand-deliver them. DOCCS only accepts packages sent directly from vendors through the U.S. Postal Service, FedEx, UPS, or similar couriers.
Plan ahead: Don’t bring a package to the facility. If you need to send something, arrange for it to ship directly from a vendor through USPS, FedEx, UPS, or a similar courier.
Before you travel, confirm Bare Hill's current visiting procedures through official DOCCS channels. The Hospitality Center can help you review rules on-site, but checking details ahead of time saves wasted trips and makes check-in less stressful.
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