How to Visit Jess Dunn Correctional Center (OK)

Before you can visit Jess Dunn Correctional Center, you'll need to submit a Visitor Application Form to the ODOC Visitation Unit. Make sure the application is addressed to the Visitation Unit, not to the incarcerated person. Addressing it incorrectly can get it rejected. If you're 18 or older, a background check is part of the approval process. This can take up to eight weeks, so plan ahead if you're trying to visit for a birthday, holiday, or special event. Once the background check wraps up, the incarcerated person gets notified. They're the one who lets you know you've been approved and shares the scheduled date and time for your visit.

Bringing a minor? You'll need documentation proving guardianship. A birth certificate, court order, or adoption papers will work, as long as staff can verify the relationship. Also expect a pat search. Facility staff pat down both visitors and incarcerated people before visitation begins. Give yourself extra time and keep what you bring to a minimum so check-in goes smoothly.

1. Submit the Visitor Application Form to the ODOC Visitation Unit: Address it to the Visitation Unit, not to the incarcerated person.
2. Plan for a background check (18+): Adult visitors are subject to a background check as part of the approval process.
3. Build in enough time for approval: Processing can take up to eight weeks, so do not wait until the last minute.
4. Watch for the approval and visit details through your loved one: The incarcerated person is notified when the background check is complete and then notifies you of the scheduled visitation date and time.
5. If bringing a minor, gather guardianship documentation: Bring documents such as a birth certificate or court or adoption papers to verify guardianship.
6. Arrive ready for a pat search: Pat searches are conducted on all inmates and visitors before visitation.
7. Confirm the visitation schedule before you go: Hours can differ based on the facility and security level, so verify the current schedule with the facility.

What to Verify

• ✓ The current background-check and approval timeline (approval can take up to eight weeks)
• ✓ The current visitation hours at Jess Dunn Correctional Center, including how an incarcerated person’s security level affects the schedule
• ✓ Where and how the ODOC Visitor Application Form should be submitted so it is correctly addressed to the ODOC Visitation Unit
• ✓ The exact documents you need to bring if you are visiting with a minor (birth certificate, court papers, adoption papers, or other guardianship proof)