How to Visit Bellefonte, Pennsylvnia, PA (PA)

You'll schedule visits through the Pennsylvania DOC Inmate Visitation System (IVS). IVS uses Keystone Login to verify your identity, so expect a login and verification step when you first set up access. Before you can book anything, two things need to be in place: an IVS account and confirmation that you're on the incarcerated person's authorized visitor list.

Expect security screening when you arrive on DOC property. Every visitor can be searched, regardless of age, and everyone passes through a metal detector, including children.

If you're doing a video visit, assume the session is monitored and recorded. The one exception: video visits with legal counsel are not subject to that monitoring and recording policy.

1. Create your IVS account: You will need an account in the PA DOC Inmate Visitation System to move forward.
2. Complete Keystone Login identity verification: IVS uses Keystone Login to verify your identity, so follow the prompts until your login is fully set up.
3. Confirm you are on the authorized visitor list: You must be listed as an authorized visitor for the incarcerated person before the system will allow you to schedule.

1. Schedule through IVS: All visits must be scheduled using the PA DOC Inmate Visitation System (IVS), and they must be scheduled at least two days in advance.
2. Double-check details before you commit: Even when the general process is the same statewide, the safest move is to confirm the current visit options and any facility-specific details in IVS before you finalize your request.

1. Arrive ready for screening: Everyone who enters is subject to search.
2. Go through the metal detector: All visitors must pass through a metal detector, regardless of age.

1. Assume video visits are monitored and recorded: This applies to video visitation generally, with an exception for visits with legal counsel.
2. Watch your email for changes: If the facility cancels a scheduled visit, you will receive an email at the address linked to your IVS account.

What to Verify

• ✓ You can create your IVS account without errors
• ✓ Your Keystone Login identity verification is complete and working in IVS
• ✓ You are on the incarcerated person’s authorized visitor list before you try to schedule

• ✓ Your visit is scheduled through the PA DOC Inmate Visitation System (IVS) and submitted at least two days in advance
• ✓ The email address on your IVS account is correct, since cancellation notices are sent there

• ✓ Current screening expectations on DOC property (search procedures and metal detector requirements for adults and kids)
• ✓ The facility’s current video monitoring and recording policy, including the legal-counsel exception