How to Visit Facility
Visiting someone in jail is easier when you know the basics: when visits get assigned, how far ahead you need to schedule, and who can be in the room. Here's what you need to plan your visit and avoid getting turned away.
Visitation starts with housing and paperwork. After the inmate is assigned to a housing unit, the classification unit sets up their initial visitation once the jail receives the proper visitor information. If you're trying to visit early in someone's stay, this step is usually why you can't just show up and expect to get on the schedule.
Plan ahead on timing. No visit will be scheduled with less than 24 hours’ notice, so same-day requests are not an option.
Keep your group small. Only two adult visitors can see an inmate at one time. Small children under age six who are the inmate's children may also join the visit, which helps maintain a parent-child connection without needing extra adults present.
Visits are limited by both frequency and length. You can have up to three 25-minute visits in a 7-day calendar week, unless the Watch Commander (or designee) approves an exception.
Note: Traveling from outside Georgia? Special visit options may be available. Out-of-state visitors can sometimes visit outside the normal schedule if it doesn't conflict with the inmate's scheduled activities. Visits are still limited to 25 minutes, you'll need proof of residency, and the jail prefers you make arrangements ahead of time to secure a slot.
- Make sure the jail has your visitor information - Initial visitation is assigned after the inmate is placed in a housing unit and the classification unit receives proper visitor information.
- Schedule at least 24 hours ahead - The jail will not schedule a visit with less than 24 hours’ notice.
- ✓ No more than two adult visitors at one time
- ✓ Small children under age six who are the inmate’s children may be included
- ✓ Plan around the weekly limit: up to three visits per 7-day calendar week, and each visit is 25 minutes, unless the Watch Commander or designee approves more
- Arrange your visit ahead of time (preferred) - Jackson County Jail prefers out-of-state visitors make prior arrangements so a time slot is available.
- Bring proof you live out of state - Proof of residency is required (for example, a driver’s license or a utility bill).
- Expect a 25-minute visit and flexible timing - Out-of-state visitors may be allowed outside the normal schedule if it does not conflict with the inmate’s scheduled activities, and the visit length is limited to 25 minutes.
Verify
- ✓ The facility’s scheduling process and cutoff times, including the rule that visits cannot be scheduled with less than 24 hours’ notice
- ✓ Whether out-of-state visitors should make prior arrangements in your situation (this is preferred) and how far ahead they want you to set it up
- ✓ Whether the two-adult limit has any exceptions, and how strictly it is enforced for your visit type
- ✓ How children under six are documented for entry, and what the jail considers acceptable proof that the child is the inmate’s child
- ✓ How the jail counts the “7-day calendar week” for the three-visit limit, and whether there are any unit-specific restrictions
- ✓ How to request an exception through the Watch Commander (or designee)
- ✓ For out-of-state visits, what forms of proof of residency they will accept
Tip: If the inmate was recently moved or newly housed, ask when classification will assign the initial visitation and what visitor information they still need from you.
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