Before Your First Visit to Madison CI: What to Do and What Not to Do
Your first visit to Madison CI will go much smoother if you handle approval, ID, clothing, and search rules ahead of time. Use the sections below as a quick do-this, don't-do-this guide before you make the drive.
Don't drive to Madison CI until the inmate confirms your visitation application has been approved. Show up early and you risk getting turned away at the door - even if you've already submitted paperwork. Still need to apply or resend your form? Madison CI accepts visitation applications by email at VisitappMadisonCI@fdc.myflorida.com.
Warning: Do not visit until the inmate notifies you that your application is approved.
Anyone 12 or older needs to complete a visitation application form. Submit one application per person - don't send duplicates or extra versions for the same visitor. Emailing Madison CI? Send it to VisitappMadisonCI@fdc.myflorida.com.
- ✓ If you’re 12 or older, complete the visitation application form before you try to visit.
- ✓ Submit only one visitation application form per person.
If you're 16 or older, bring a valid photo ID. You'll need to present it to enter the visiting area, and forgetting it means losing your visit.
Madison CI enforces dress rules that can end your visit before it starts. Shirts and shoes are mandatory. Heelys aren't allowed, and neither is any footwear with removable parts. When in doubt, pick a simple pair that doesn't come apart.
- ✓ Wear a shirt.
- ✓ Wear shoes.
- ✓ Don’t wear Heelys.
- ✓ Don’t wear footwear with removable parts.
You'll be searched before entering the visiting area. Refuse, and Madison CI can deny your visit - plus ban you from future visits. Keep your visitation options open by cooperating with required screening.
Warning: Refusal to submit to a search is grounds for denial of the visit and any future visits.
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- ✓ Don’t go to Madison CI until the inmate notifies you that your visitation application is approved.
- ✓ Don’t assume kids are “covered” - anyone 12 or older who wants to visit must complete the visitation application form.
- ✓ Don’t submit multiple versions for the same visitor - only one visitation application form is allowed per person.
- ✓ Don’t forget your ID if you’re 16 or older - you must present a valid photo identification to enter the visiting area.
- ✓ Don’t show up without the basics - shirts and shoes are mandatory.
- ✓ Don’t wear Heelys.
- ✓ Don’t wear footwear with removable parts.
- ✓ Don’t refuse required searches - it can get your visit (and future visits) denied.
- ✓ Don’t email your application to the wrong place - Madison CI’s visitation application email is VisitappMadisonCI@fdc.myflorida.com.
If you only do two things, make them these: submit your application to VisitappMadisonCI@fdc.myflorida.com, then wait until the inmate tells you you're approved. That single step prevents a lot of wasted trips.
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