Getting Approved to Visit at FCI Englewood: The Quarterly Visiting List, Who Counts, and Warrant Checks
Getting approved to visit at FCI Englewood starts with the person you're visiting—they have to add you to their approved visiting list. Timing matters. The details you provide matter. And everyone goes through a warrant and background check before any visit happens.
At FCI/FPC/FDC Englewood, new arrivals have 60 days to submit their initial visiting list. Get your information to your loved one quickly so they can turn it in during that window. After that, changes aren't open-ended. Inmates can only update their visiting list once per quarter - January, April, July, and October. Miss a quarter, and you're waiting until the next one. Also worth knowing: if your loved one is at the FDC, the list is limited to immediate family only. No friends.
Note: If someone isn't on the approved visiting list before the inmate arrives, only immediate family identified in the inmate's PSI will be permitted to visit.
You don't submit the request yourself - the inmate does. They provide names of prospective visitors to their Correctional Counselor, who handles preparing and approving the list.
- ✓ Your current address
- ✓ Your phone number (if known)
- ✓ Your Social Security number
- ✓ Your birth date
Once names are submitted, the Correctional Counselor takes over. They initiate and update visiting records, then notify the inmate whether each proposed visitor is approved or denied. Your loved one will hear the decision first - not you.
When a visitor is approved, the record is produced in triplicate: one copy goes in Section 3 of the inmate's Central File, one goes to the inmate, and one is sent to the Front Lobby as a backup for the visiting computer system.
At FCI Englewood, “immediate family” has a specific meaning. It includes the inmate’s mother, father, step-parents, foster parents, siblings, spouse, and children.
If your loved one is at the FCI or FPC (not the FDC), there's room to add people beyond immediate family. Inmates can request up to 10 friends in addition to family and relatives. That's a big deal if you're a long-time friend or support person who isn't legally family. One thing to know: the facility expects the inmate to have known all proposed visitors before incarceration. Established, consistent relationships help - brand-new connections are harder to get approved.
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- ✓ A “Declaration of Common-Law Marriage” with notarized signatures that’s filed with the DMV
- ✓ Joint rental contracts with both names
- ✓ Automobile titles with both names
- ✓ Similar documentation the institution accepts as proof
Warning: Creating a common-law marriage just to get visitation privileges can lead to disciplinary action and/or restrictions on visiting privileges.
At Englewood, being on the list and being cleared to visit go hand in hand. Every proposed visitor goes through a National Crime Information Center (NCIC) background check before visitation is allowed.
Note: If the NCIC check shows any outstanding warrants, the visitor will be denied until the warrant is resolved.
Show up without being on the approved list? Don't expect a quick workaround. Englewood treats off-list visits as rare exceptions, not standard practice. The IDO gets contacted, and the IDO, Operations Lieutenant, and a Unit Team member evaluate whether unusual circumstances apply - like a visitor pending approval who hasn't been entered into the system yet. Even then, allowing someone not on the list is extremely rare.
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