How to visit, scheduling, dress code, and visitor requirements
Nebraska Correctional Center for Women (NCCW) follows the NDCS statewide visiting policy. Before you can visit, you must be approved—no visits happen until the required forms are submitted and the warden or designee grants approval. Plan ahead: submit your request at least seven days before your chosen date, and you can schedule up to four weeks out. Slots fill first-come, first-served, so earlier requests have the best shot. To schedule online, go to the NDCS visitation page and click
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Your first visit to NCCW goes a lot smoother when you show up with the right ID, the right expectations, and as little extra stuff as possible. Use this as a quick “bring/leave behind” guide before you head out.
Getting approved to visit at NCCW starts with one key requirement: your name has to be on the incarcerated person’s approved visiting list before you can schedule anything. Here’s how the process works and how to plan around the timelines.
Your first visit at Nebraska Correctional Center for Women (NCCW) goes smoother when you get approved first, then request a time slot early. Here's the timeline NDCS follows and the steps that trip most people up.
At NCCW, you can’t request a visit at the last minute. Your visitation request has to be submitted at least seven days before the date you want. On the other end, you can plan ahead: visits may be scheduled up to four weeks out from the day you make the request. That window matters if you’re trying to coordinate travel, time off work, or multiple family members attending.
Yes. You can't visit until the required forms are submitted and the warden or designee approves you. Start the approval process early so you're ready to schedule as soon as you're cleared.
You must submit your visitation request at least seven days before the date you want. You can schedule up to four weeks out from the request date, and slots are assigned first-come, first-served.
Go to the NDCS visitation page for Nebraska Correctional Center for Women, scroll to the bottom of the facility page, and select “Schedule a Visit” under the facility picture. Schedule early and keep any confirmation messages for check-in.
For personal letters to someone at the Nebraska Correctional Center for Women (NCCW), you don’t mail directly to the prison. NDCS requires you to address personal correspondence to the contracted scanning vendor in Phoenix, Maryland, using this exact format: Facility Name (place the incarcerated individual is assigned) State of Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Incarcerated Individual’s Committed Name or Legally Changed Name and Institutional Number Box 247 Phoenix, MD 21131 Here’s what that looks like with NCCW as the facility name: Nebraska Correctional Center for Women State of Nebraska Department of Correctional Services [Committed or legally changed name] [Institutional number] Box 247 Phoenix, MD 21131
Writing to someone at Nebraska Correctional Center for Women? Here's the key thing to know: your envelope now goes to a contracted mail-scanning vendor's mailbox—not directly to the prison.
VisNow is a video chat option through ViaPath/Telmate (GettingOut) that uses the incarcerated person's tablet. Once you understand two key rules—where the tablet must stay during the call and how long each session lasts—planning visits that protect everyone's privileges gets much simpler.
