When Can You Visit? Greenville County Detention Center Building-by-Building Visiting Hours
Greenville County Detention Center offers visitation every day, but the exact time you can visit depends on the building and housing pod. Use the sections below to match the right housing area to the right time window, so you don't show up at the wrong time.
Greenville County Detention Center offers inmate visitation 7 days per week. That's great news if you work weekdays or have a long drive. But it also means you need to match your trip to the correct time slot for the correct building.
Visitation times are tied to where someone is housed. Two people at the same detention center can have completely different visiting windows simply because they're in different buildings or pods.
Heads up: Inmates are allowed two 30-minute visits per week. Plan your trip around the time window that matches their housing area so you don't waste one of those visits.
Building One visits run in 30-minute blocks spread across the day. For YELLOW, BLUE, GREEN, and RED pods, morning blocks start at 8:00AM and run through 10:30AM. Afternoon blocks go from 1:00PM through 2:30PM, and evening blocks continue through 9:30PM.
- ✓ Morning blocks: 8:00AM, 8:30AM, 9:00AM, 9:30AM, 10:00AM, 10:30AM
- ✓ Afternoon blocks: 1:00PM, 1:30PM, 2:00PM, 2:30PM
- ✓ Evening blocks: 6:30PM, 7:00PM, 7:30PM, 8:00PM, 8:30PM, 9:00PM, 9:30PM
- ✓ Building One visits are handled first come, first serve, so arriving earlier than your preferred block can help.
Before you drive over: Confirm where the inmate is housed. You'll need to call or visit the Detention Center to get housing information, and housing can change at any time.
Building Two is also pod-based, but the time blocks are grouped differently by pod letter and area. One set of housing groups (B, C, D, E, F, G, i1, i2, i3, J1, J2, J3, K, L) uses 9:00AM, 10:00AM, and 2:00PM. Another set (M through Y) uses 8:30AM, 9:30AM, 10:30AM, 1:30PM, and 2:30PM.
- Get the exact pod or housing area so you know which letter group applies.
- Match the pod group to its time blocks: B, C, D, E, F, G, i1, i2, i3, J1, J2, J3, K, L visit at 9:00AM, 10:00AM, and 2:00PM; M through Y visit at 8:30AM, 9:30AM, 10:30AM, 1:30PM, and 2:30PM.
- Check for separate unit rules if the person is listed under SHU, since those hours are different from the regular pod groupings.
SHU hours are different: Special Housing Unit (SHU) visits are scheduled 8:00AM–10:30AM and 1:00PM–2:30PM.
Building Two visits are first come, first serve, so arriving during the right window doesn't guarantee a spot. Housing can also change. Call or visit the Detention Center to confirm where the inmate is housed before you make the trip.
Building Four video visits are handled through the Building Four Video Visitation Office, located in the public lobby of Building Two. The office is open 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., seven days a week. The last visit is accepted at 5:30 p.m.
For Building Four housing pods 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 4A, and 4B, video visiting hours run 8:00AM–5:00PM. If you show up after 5:00PM, you're past the pod visiting window even though the video visitation office stays open later.
Don't mix up the schedules: SHU visits run 8:00AM–10:30AM and 1:00PM–2:30PM, which is separate from the Building Four pod video hours.
- Confirm housing first by calling or visiting the Detention Center, since housing is subject to change.
- Match the building and pod to the schedule (Building One pod blocks, Building Two letter-group blocks, or Building Four video hours).
- Plan to arrive with time to spare so you are not squeezed out by first come, first serve visitation.
Quick reminder: Visits are first come, first serve in Buildings One, Two, and Four. Inmates are allowed two 30-minute visits per week.
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