How to Get Approved to Visit Someone at Pamlico Correctional Institution
Before you can visit someone at Pamlico Correctional Institution, you need to be on their approved visitors list. Your visitor application has to clear facility staff first. Here's how the process works and how to avoid common delays.
Pamlico offers both in-person and video visits. Either way, you need to be on the incarcerated person's approved visitors list first. For video visits, you can use the Getting Out Visits app or visit from home with a computer, webcam, microphone, and a recent web browser. Video visits can be on-demand or scheduled ahead of time, but approval comes first.
Appointment-only visits: All visits require an appointment. Call or email the prison to schedule.
Each person at Pamlico can have up to 18 approved visitors total, including both adults and children. This matters if multiple family members want to rotate visits or if kids will be coming along. If the list is already full, you may need to wait until someone is removed before there's room to add you.
Certain professional visitors don't count toward the 18-person limit, though they still need to register with the facility beforehand. This includes attorneys, law enforcement, consular officials, and local or state Family Services and Juvenile Court officials. Visiting as family or a friend? You'll count toward the 18. Visiting in an official capacity? Follow the facility's registration process so your visit is handled correctly.
The process starts inside the facility. The incarcerated person gets blank visitor application forms from Pamlico, then mails them to the people they want to visit. You can't download a form and start on your own. You'll need the blank application that comes directly from the facility.
Filling out the application doesn't mean you're approved. Facility staff at Pamlico must review and approve your completed application before any visit can happen. This applies to both in-person and video visits. Even if you have the app installed or your tech set up at home, you can't visit until you're officially on the approved list.
Once you complete the visitor application, facility staff review it. Follow the submission instructions you receive for returning the form. Approval must be on file before any visit can take place.
- Return your completed application the way the facility instructs. Approval is handled by facility staff, and your visit cannot happen until they approve your completed application.
- Schedule your visit by phone or email after you are approved. Visits are by appointment only, so you must call or email the prison where the person is housed to set the appointment.
- Call the day before your scheduled visit. Confirm the facility’s visitation status so you do not make the trip for a visit that cannot happen.
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- ✓ Using the wrong form (the blank application is obtained from the facility and mailed out by the incarcerated person)
- ✓ Turning in an application that is not fully completed
- ✓ Trying to visit or schedule a visit before facility staff have approved your completed application
Approved status affects more than visits: Only approved visitors can deposit funds into an incarcerated person's account.
Not sure where your application stands? Contact the prison by phone or email to ask about your status. Once you have a visit scheduled, call the day before to confirm everything is still on. Since visits are appointment-only, that confirmation call should be part of your routine, especially if you're traveling any distance.
Final approval comes from facility staff. No visit can happen until your application clears. If you're stuck, ask staff directly what they need to finish the review and what your next step should be. Once you're approved, scheduling is simple: call or email the facility to book your appointment.
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