How legal visits at Eden work: privacy, timing, and what to expect

ICE detention standards set a clear baseline: legal visits at Eden Detention Center must be permitted seven days a week, including holidays. On regular business days, the facility must allow at least eight hours of legal visitation. Weekends and holidays require a minimum of four hours per day. If you're planning around travel, work, or a tight court deadline, these minimums are your starting point - even if the facility uses scheduling to manage demand. Think in terms of access windows rather than a single narrow appointment slot. Weekdays offer the most availability under the standards, while weekends and holidays still have required minimums. The facility can organize schedules for security and movement control, but legal visitation isn't limited to just a few days each week.

• ✓ In-person visitation info: call (325) 869-2704 and press 2
• ✓ Legal visitation info: call (325) 869-2704 and press 3
• ✓ Virtual Attorney Visitation (VAV) scheduling/questions: email edenattorneyappointments@corecivic.com or call (325) 869-2704

When you meet with someone at Eden for a legal visit, that conversation is supposed to be confidential. Under ICE standards, visits between legal service providers (including legal assistants) and detainees are not subject to auditory supervision. Put simply: staff should not be listening to your conversation during the legal meeting. This confidentiality is what sets a legal visit apart from a social visit. Whether you're discussing strategy, evidence, declarations, or sensitive personal history, you should be able to speak freely without being overheard.

ICE standards also require the facility to provide private consultation rooms for legal meetings - not a rushed conversation in a public space. If you arrive and staff tell you private space isn't available, ask how the facility is meeting its requirement for private consultation rooms.

Staff may inspect paperwork you bring to exchange during a legal visit. The key protection: materials can be checked for security purposes but should not be read. That distinction matters. Inspection is about safety and contraband screening - not reviewing your legal content.

Legal materials you provide aren't just for the visit itself. ICE standards say detainees can keep legal material they receive for personal use. If your client needs documents to review, sign, or use for case preparation, they should be able to retain those papers after the meeting.

Eden offers Virtual Attorney Visitation (VAV) for confidential legal meetings by video. To schedule a VAV appointment or ask questions, email edenattorneyappointments@corecivic.com or call Eden Detention Center at (325) 869-2704. If you need to coordinate quickly - especially when travel isn't practical - start with the VAV contact to get scheduling information for your legal meeting.

1. Call the legal visitation line first - Use (325) 869-2704 and press 3 to report problems with legal visitation access or to get clarification on the process.
2. Use the in-person visitation line if you’re redirected - If your issue is being treated as a general visiting question, call (325) 869-2704 and press 2.
3. Document what happened - Write down the date and time you called or arrived, who you spoke with (name and title if available), and what you were told about availability or scheduling.