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How to Schedule Your First Visit at Emanuel Women's Facility

Your first visit goes a lot smoother when you know the steps ahead of time. Here's how to get approved and schedule a visit at Emanuel Women's Facility.

• 2 min read • gdc.georgia.gov
How to Schedule Your First Visit at Emanuel Women's Facility

Emanuel Women's Facility is a Georgia Department of Corrections state prison at 714 Gumlog Road, Swainsboro, GA 30401. It houses adult female felons. To visit someone here, you'll follow the GDC visitation process outlined below.

Visiting hours are 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM on Saturdays, Sundays, and all State holidays. But you can't just show up - you still need to request a scheduled visit through GDC ahead of time.

First, you need to get on the approved visitor list. Fill out the Visitation Request Form and submit it to Emanuel Women's Facility. Once your form is in, the approval process begins.

Tip: Fill the Visitation Request Form out carefully and honestly. Deceptive or inconsistent information can lead to your visitation being denied or revoked.

Mail your completed Visitation Request Form to Emanuel Women's Facility at 714 Gumlog Road, Swainsboro, GA 30401. After you're approved, you can request a specific visit date and time.

Once you're on the approved list, you don't just walk in - you submit a scheduled-visit request through the GDC form/portal. That request is what reserves your spot on the calendar for a specific day.

How to Schedule Your First Visit at Emanuel Women's Facility

Deadlines

  • ✓ Weekend visits: request cutoff is 5:00 PM on Wednesday of the same week.
  • ✓ State holiday visits: request cutoff is 5:00 PM, three days before the holiday.

These cutoff times apply to scheduled-visit requests submitted through the GDC visitation request process. Miss the deadline? Submit for the next available visiting day rather than waiting until the last minute.

If your request gets denied or your visitation privileges are revoked, security concerns are usually the reason. GDC can refuse visitation to anyone suspected of introducing contraband (or attempting to), and they'll deny or revoke privileges if you're deceptive on visitation forms. The Warden can also suspend visits to address facility security needs - and when that happens, the Ombudsman unit can't override the decision.

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