How to Get Approved to Visit Someone at Lakin Correctional Center (WV) — Step-by-step

At a Glance

• ✓ Fill out the WV Juvenile Services Visiting Request and sign the certification (your answers can be used for a background check).
• ✓ Mail the completed request to the Bureau of Juvenile Services (address below).
• ✓ If you have questions about the visitor request paperwork, call the Bureau of Juvenile Services at 304-558-2036.
• ✓ For approval status and to schedule a visit, contact the facility where the offender is located.

Don't skip over the certification at the bottom of the Juvenile Services Visiting Request. Your signature confirms your answers are true and correct to the best of your knowledge - and that you understand the information may be used for a background check. Sign and date it before sending. Without that, your application isn't complete.

Send your completed Juvenile Services Visiting Request to: WV Division of Corrections & Rehabilitation, Bureau of Juvenile Services, Attn: Visitors Request, 1409 Greenbrier Street, Charleston, WV 25311.

For questions about your visitor request, contact the WV Division of Corrections & Rehabilitation, Bureau of Juvenile Services at 304-558-2036. Their fax number is 304-558-6032.

Mailing the form doesn't guarantee a visit. After you submit your paperwork, call the facility where the offender is housed to confirm your background check cleared and to schedule your visit. Do this before making travel plans.

The form asks for detailed information because your answers feed directly into a background check. Take your time filling it out - the facility uses your responses to decide whether to approve you as a visitor.

Already completed this form for the same offender at a different juvenile facility? You don't need to fill it out again unless the original is more than one year old. This saves time and avoids duplicate submissions.

Practical Tips

• ✓ Review your form before sending it: the certification signature is where you acknowledge your answers may be used for a background check.
• ✓ Address the envelope exactly as required: WV Division of Corrections & Rehabilitation, Bureau of Juvenile Services, Attn: Visitors Request, 1409 Greenbrier Street, Charleston, WV 25311.
• ✓ If you need help with the visitor request paperwork, call the Bureau of Juvenile Services at 304-558-2036.
• ✓ Don’t assume you’re ready to visit once you’ve mailed the form - contact the facility where the offender is located to confirm approval and schedule your visit.