How to Bring Your Child to Visit Someone at New Hampshire State Prison: The Safeguard Training Process
Bringing a minor child into an NHDOC visitation room? Safeguard Training is the step that makes or breaks your visit. Here's how the application, class sign-up, and virtual training work—so you can plan ahead without surprises.
Safeguard Training comes up in two situations. If the incarcerated person requires a trained chaperone during visits, that chaperone must complete the training. Or, if you're a friend or family member who wants to bring minor children into an NHDOC Visitation Room, you'll need to complete the Safeguard Training Application first.
The training sets clear expectations and helps keep kids safe during visits. It covers Visiting Room rules, how to prepare a child for visitation, and how to recognize warning signs - grooming behaviors, coercion, offending cycles. You'll also learn how to report an incident if something doesn't feel right.
Start with the online Safeguard Training Application. The adult filling it out should be the one who plans to bring the children - whoever completes the training must be an approved visitor, and only that person can bring minors in for visits. After you submit, NHDOC staff will reach out to get you signed up for a class.
Once your application is in, you don't need to track down a class yourself. Someone from NHDOC will contact you and help you sign up for a specific training date.
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Note: Safeguard Training is offered virtually, so you don’t have to attend in person.
The class covers Visiting Room rules so you know what to expect. It also focuses on minors: preparing a child for the visit, spotting grooming behaviors and coercion, understanding how offending cycles can show up, and knowing how to report an incident if needed.
- Talk through the Visiting Room rules ahead of time - use the training’s policy overview to set simple expectations for behavior during the visit.
- Prep your child for what the visit will feel like - the class includes guidance on how to prepare a child for visitation, so you can explain the basics in an age-appropriate way.
- Name “not-okay” behavior clearly - the training covers grooming behaviors and coercion; decide on a simple way your child can tell you if something feels wrong.
- Know how you’ll report a concern - the class includes how to report an incident, so you’re not trying to figure it out in the moment.
Once you complete Safeguard Training, here's what changes: only you - the trained, approved adult - can bring minor visitors into the facility. No one else can bring them in on your behalf.
Waiting on next steps after applying? Keep an eye out for contact from the NHDOC team. Staff reach out after you submit the online application to schedule you for a specific class date.
Tip: If something seems off - like you applied but haven't been scheduled - double-check the NHDOC "visit an inmate" information and confirm the Safeguard Training process. Training is virtual, and staff contact applicants after the online application to schedule a class date.
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