Understanding Hamilton Unit's 10-Person Visitor List: Who Can Be Added and When

Each inmate at Hamilton Unit can have up to 10 people on their approved Visitors List. This is the facility's official record of who's allowed to visit during authorized hours. If your name isn't on it, you won't get in.

Here's what trips most families up: how often the list can change. At Hamilton Unit, inmates can request to add or remove names only once every six months. That means you can't tweak the list week to week. Think carefully about who really needs to be on it for the next several months.

Planning Tips

• ✓ Treat the 10 spots as limited - decide early who absolutely needs to be included, since the list can only hold 10 names.
• ✓ Plan around the six-month window - if someone needs to be added later, remember additions and removals are limited to a once-every-six-month change for institutional inmates.
• ✓ Avoid last-minute swaps - if you fill all 10 names, changing who’s included generally means waiting until the next six-month opportunity to add or delete names.

Call Hamilton Unit before you travel. Schedules and visitation rules can shift, and a quick phone call beats driving out only to find something changed.

1. Call the unit before you leave - get final confirmation before traveling, since visitation information and schedules may change.
2. Verify the visit details - confirm the current visitation schedule and that you’re cleared to visit based on the inmate’s current Visitors List status.
3. Bring acceptable government photo ID - you’ll need it at check-in.