How to Schedule Your First Visit at a Georgia Prison: Step-by-Step

Visiting someone in a Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prison for the first time involves two main steps. First, you get approved as a visitor by submitting a Visitation Request Form to the facility where your loved one is housed. Once approved, you request a specific visit date through the online visit request form on the Georgia DOC visitation page. The sections below walk you through each part, plus how to add visitors or cancel if your plans change.

Before you can schedule anything, you need to be approved. GDC handles this through the Visitation Request Form. Fill it out and submit it to the specific facility where the incarcerated person is currently housed. Once the facility processes your request and approves you, you can move on to scheduling the visit itself.

Once you're an approved visitor, head to GDC's online visit request form on the Georgia DOC visit page to request your visit. Have the basic details ready before you start: the name of the person you're visiting and which facility they're at. This makes it easier to fill everything out accurately. If something goes wrong with your request, double-check what you entered and resubmit with corrected information.

Need to add more people to a visit you've already scheduled? Use the Add Visitor link on the Georgia DOC visitation page. It lets you find your existing visit and add people to it, so you don't have to start a brand-new request.

If plans change, use the Cancel my visit link on the Georgia DOC visitation page to locate and cancel your scheduled visit.

Troubleshoot

• ✓ Confirm your Visitation Request Form was submitted to the correct facility where your loved one is incarcerated
• ✓ Make sure you are approved before trying to request a scheduled visit online
• ✓ If your scheduling request did not go through, review what you entered and submit the online request again