Are Caroline Detention Visits Contact or Non-Contact? Verify Before You Go

The facility website states that all family or other social visits are non-contact effective June 29, 2024. If you're planning a weekend visit, that wording matters. It sets the expectation that you won't be allowed physical contact with the person you're visiting.

But the facility's Visitor Information pamphlet tells a different story. It includes a section titled "Standards of Conduct for Visitors and Detainees – Contact Visitation," describing limited physical contact: greetings, goodbyes, and some contact during the visit itself. That directly conflicts with the website's non-contact statement, making it hard to know what to expect.

Contact Permitted

• ✓ Handshaking
• ✓ A brief embrace
• ✓ A kiss upon arrival and again at the end of the visit
• ✓ Holding hands in plain view (the only contact permitted during the visit)

The website's statement is clear: all family or other social visits are non-contact effective June 29, 2024. If staff are following that rule, expect no physical contact during your visit.

1. Call the ICE Supervisory Deportation Officer (SDO) line - Use (804) 330-8280 and ask: “Are family/social visits currently contact or non-contact?” and “Has anything changed recently that would affect weekend social visits?”

1. Call the facility’s main phone - Use 804-633-0043 and ask to confirm whether social visits are being run as contact or non-contact right now. If you can, ask to speak with whoever oversees visitation or to have staff check with the shift supervisor.

• ✓ Show up prepared for a non-contact visit, since the facility website says all family/social visits are non-contact effective June 29, 2024.
• ✓ Keep your plan flexible. Call 804-633-0043 the day you travel (or before you leave) to confirm there have been no last-minute changes.
• ✓ If you are getting different answers, write down who you spoke with and the time of the call, then ask for a clear yes/no: “Non-contact today for social visits, correct?”

Having the schedule handy makes verification calls easier. Social visitation is on Saturdays and Sundays from 1:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., with hours assigned by custody level: low to medium custody male detainees visit 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., medium to high custody male detainees visit 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., and female detainees visit 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Note that visitation is not allowed during a detainee's first 10 days at the facility. If you're traveling, confirm these details and the current contact status before heading to 11093 S. W. Lewis Memorial Drive, Bowling Green, VA 22427.