How to Get Approved to Visit Someone at Butts County Detention Center

Getting approved to visit at Butts County Detention Center depends on your relationship to the person incarcerated. Immediate family members - parents, siblings, spouse, grandparents, grandchildren, and children - can be requested by the offender for visitation approval. Not immediate family? You may still qualify as a "significant relationship" visitor. This includes step-parents, in-laws, cousins, friends, employers, and pastors. The catch: you can't start this process yourself. The offender has to initiate it through the facility's significant-relationship application.

Start by completing the Visitation Request Form. This is your first step to becoming an approved visitor - submit the completed form to the facility where your loved one is incarcerated. Once you're approved, you'll use a separate online request form to schedule actual visit times. Focus on getting approved first, then worry about booking your visit.

After filling out the Visitation Request Form, submit it to the facility where the offender is housed. For Butts County Detention Center, send your form to 835 Ernest Biles Drive, Jackson, GA 30233.

Trying to visit as someone other than immediate family - a step-parent, in-law, cousin, friend, employer, or pastor? The facility treats this as a "significant relationship" request. The offender must start the process by completing the "Significant Relationship Visitor Application for Visitation Privilege" and submitting it to the Warden/Superintendent for review. Coordinate with your loved one so they know you're trying to get approved. They'll need to submit the application on their end before anything can move forward.

After the significant-relationship application is submitted, the Warden/Superintendent reviews it. You'll be notified once a decision is made.

Practical Tips

• ✓ Confirm whether you’re immediate family (parents, siblings, spouse, grandparents, grandchildren, children) or applying as a significant relationship visitor (step-family, in-laws, cousins, friends, employers, pastors).
• ✓ If you’re not immediate family, coordinate with your loved one - only the offender can initiate the Significant Relationship Visitor Application that goes to the Warden/Superintendent.
• ✓ Complete the Visitation Request Form fully, since it’s the first step to becoming an approved visitor.
• ✓ Submit the completed Visitation Request Form to the facility where your loved one is incarcerated; for Butts County Detention Center, use 835 Ernest Biles Drive, Jackson, GA 30233.
• ✓ When you’re ready to request a scheduled visit time, use the department’s online request form for scheduled visits.
• ✓ Keep a copy of whatever you submit for your records.