How to Visit Clara Waters Community Corrections, OK (OK)

You'll need to submit a Visitor Application Form before you can visit. If you haven't been approved through the application process, you will be turned away, even if you traveled a long distance.

Submitting a paper application? It goes through ODOC headquarters, not directly to the person you want to visit. Address the form to: Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Attn: Visitation Unit, P.O. Box 11400, Oklahoma City, OK 73136-0400.

If you're 18 or older, a background check is part of the approval process. Plan ahead. Approval can take up to eight weeks. Once it's complete, the inmate will notify you with the scheduled date and time for your visit.

Bringing a child under 18 takes extra preparation. You'll need documentation proving parentage or guardianship (a birth certificate or adoption papers, for example). One bit of good news: children under 18 don't count toward the inmate's maximum of 20 approved visitors.

Steps to Follow

• ✓ Submit a Visitor Application Form before you attempt to visit.
• ✓ If using a paper form, address it to the Visitation Unit at P.O. Box 11400, Oklahoma City, OK 73136-0400 (not to the inmate).
• ✓ If you are 18 or older, start early so there is time for the required background check.
• ✓ If you are bringing a child under 18, gather documentation that shows parentage or guardianship (birth certificate, adoption papers, or similar).

Build the waiting period into your plans. Background-check approval for visitors 18 and older can take up to eight weeks. The inmate will let you know when the process is complete and when your visit is scheduled.

1. Confirm the visiting schedule before you go. Each facility head sets visiting days and hours, and schedules can vary based on the inmate’s security level.
2. Plan around the schedule you are given. Use the facility’s current posted guidance or official ODOC information so you do not arrive on the wrong day or outside the correct time window.

Before you submit anything, double-check the current application process with ODOC to make sure you're using the right method. If you're mailing a paper form, confirm it still goes to the Visitation Unit (P.O. Box 11400, Oklahoma City, OK 73136-0400) and not to the inmate directly.

Ask about the expected timeline for the required background check if you're 18 or older, especially if you're trying to visit by a specific date. Once everything clears, the inmate gets notified and will pass along your scheduled visitation date and time.

• ✓ The current visiting days and hours for Clara Waters Community Corrections (hours vary by facility and by the inmate’s security level).
• ✓ Whether any facility-specific scheduling practices affect your visit time.
• ✓ If you are visiting with minors, confirm you have the right documentation to prove parentage or guardianship.
• ✓ How the approved visitor limit is being counted for the inmate (children under 18 do not count toward the 20 approved visitors).