How to Visit FDC SEATAC (WA)

At FDC SeaTac, visitor processing starts 30 minutes before scheduled visiting hours begin. It also ends early: processing stops one and one-half hours before the end of the visitation period. Show up too late and you'll be turned away, even if visiting is still technically in progress. Processing is also suspended 45 minutes before official counts. If you arrive during that suspension window, you'll have to wait until staff reopen processing. Build extra time into your trip to avoid getting caught in this gap.

FDC SeaTac allows a special visit type called a Minister of Record. The inmate starts this process by submitting a written request to the Chaplain. If approved, the Unit Team adds the person to the inmate's visiting list with the title "Minister of Record." Only one Minister of Record is allowed per inmate. The good news: adding a Minister of Record doesn't count against the inmate's authorized visitor list total, and it doesn't reduce the inmate's allowed social visiting for that day. These visits take place in the visiting room during scheduled social visiting hours.

Steps to Follow

• ✓ Check the current visiting schedule before you travel so you know the correct visiting hours for the day you plan to go.
• ✓ Plan your arrival so you are ready to be processed starting 30 minutes before scheduled visiting hours begin.
• ✓ Do not count on being able to check in near the end of the day. Visitor processing ends one and one-half hours before the visitation period ends.
• ✓ Avoid arriving close to count times. Processing is suspended 45 minutes prior to official counts, and you may have to wait until processing resumes.

1. Have the inmate submit a written request to the Chaplain - This is how a Minister of Record visit is requested at FDC SeaTac.
2. Wait for approval and list update - Once approved, the Unit Team will add the person’s name to the inmate’s visiting list with the title “Minister of Record.”
3. Confirm the one-Minister limit - An inmate is limited to only one Minister of Record.
4. Plan around regular social visiting - A Minister of Record does not count against the inmate’s authorized visitor list total and does not impact the inmate’s allowed social visiting for that day.
5. Show up during scheduled social visiting hours - Minister of Record visits are conducted in the visiting room during scheduled social visiting hours.

What to Verify

• ✓ The current visiting hours for the specific day you plan to visit.
• ✓ When visitor processing opens (it begins 30 minutes before scheduled visiting hours).
• ✓ When visitor processing closes (it ends one and one-half hours before the end of the visitation period).
• ✓ The facility’s official count times so you can avoid the 45-minute pre-count processing suspension window.

• ✓ How the inmate should submit the written request to the Chaplain (and any current form or format requirements).
• ✓ Whether the Unit Team still adds the approved person as “Minister of Record” on the visiting list.
• ✓ That the inmate can only have one Minister of Record.
• ✓ That adding a Minister of Record still does not count against the authorized visitor total and still does not impact the inmate’s allowed social visiting for that day.
• ✓ That Minister of Record visits are still held in the visiting room during scheduled social visiting hours.