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Understanding Placerville Jail's Three-Visit-Per-Week Limit (and Exceptions for Inmate Workers)

Placerville Jail limits in-person visits, and the details matter when you're planning your week. Here's how the three-visits-per-week cap works, how the week is counted, and what changes if your loved one is an inmate worker.

• 2 min read • eldoradocounty.ca.gov
Understanding Placerville Jail's Three-Visit-Per-Week Limit (and Exceptions for Inmate Workers)

At Placerville Jail, each visitor can have up to three in-person visits per week. Each visit lasts 30 minutes. You're also limited to one visit per day unless jail administration pre-approves otherwise - no doubling up to hit your weekly total faster. The cap is tracked per visitor, so think about your own weekly count when deciding which days to come. Planning ahead helps, especially if you're coordinating with other family members who want to visit too.

Note: Visiting is first-come, first-served at Placerville Jail, so arriving earlier gives you the best shot at being seen during the time slot you’re aiming for.

Even if your visit gets cut short - you arrive late, something comes up, whatever the reason - it still counts as a full 30-minute visit. A five-minute visit uses one of your three weekly slots. Show up on time and ready to check in.

The visiting week runs Monday through Sunday. When figuring out how many visits you have left, count from that Monday–Sunday window - not the calendar month, not a rolling seven days.

One exception: inmate workers may have unlimited visits on the jail's side. But that doesn't mean you get unlimited visiting. You're still capped at one 30-minute visit per day and three visits per week. Also worth knowing: inmate workers won't be pulled from their workstations for visits. Even when a visit is technically allowed, their job assignment may prevent them from stepping away to see you.

Understanding Placerville Jail's Three-Visit-Per-Week Limit (and Exceptions for Inmate Workers)
  1. Decide what you’re asking for - The standard rule is one visit per day, so an “extra” visit usually means more than one visit on the same day.
  2. Request pre-approval through jail administration - Placerville Jail allows more than one visit per day only if you’re pre-approved through jail administration.
  3. Wait for the decision before you plan around it - Don’t assume you can visit twice in one day until you’ve gotten that pre-approval; otherwise you may be turned away after you’ve already made the trip.

Note: For evening visiting, call Placerville Jail ahead of time to confirm visiting hasn’t been cancelled for the day: (530) 621-6000.

  • ✓ 8:00 AM–11:00 AM (daily); final check-in is 10:30 AM
  • ✓ 1:00 PM–4:00 PM (daily); final check-in is 3:30 PM
  • ✓ 7:00 PM–10:00 PM (Monday–Thursday); final check-in is 9:30 PM

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