Video Visits vs. In-Person Visits at Pasquotank: Which Option Works Best?
Pasquotank Correctional Institution supports both in-person and video visits. The best choice depends on your schedule, distance, and your loved one's custody status.
Pasquotank Correctional Institution has an on-site visiting area, so in-person visits are an option when you can make the trip. The facility also offers video visits, which tend to be a better fit when travel is difficult, time is short, or you just need something more flexible.
Note: Visitation is encouraged, and both in-person and video formats are available. If you are deciding between the two, start with what your loved one is currently allowed to receive.
Video visits at Pasquotank run through the Getting Out Visits app. Your loved one joins from an electronic tablet or a video kiosk inside the facility. It's a solid way to stay connected when you can't get to the prison in person.
Scheduling flexibility is a big reason families prefer video. At Pasquotank, video visits can be on-demand (when available) or scheduled for a future date and time. That means you can plan around work, childcare, and long drives instead of the other way around.
- ✓ Video visits are limited to people who are on the incarcerated person’s approved visitors list.
Live far away? Tight schedule? Just need a quick check-in? Video visits are usually the most practical option. Because they can be on-demand or scheduled ahead of time, you have more ways to make a visit happen without coordinating travel and arrival logistics.
In-person visits feel more grounded since you're physically in the same space, but they take more planning. At Pasquotank, in-person visits are by appointment only, so you'll need to call or email the prison to schedule. Then, call the day before your visit to confirm the facility's visitation status. You don't want to make the trip only to find out plans have changed.
Tip: Need flexibility? Video visits can be on-demand or scheduled. Prefer in-person? Plan ahead, because visits require an appointment.
Sometimes the choice isn't about preference. It's about what's allowed. At Pasquotank, offenders on administrative segregation, disciplinary segregation, or control status (except protective control) are restricted to non-contact visits by appointment. If your loved one falls into one of these categories, expect the visit format to be more limited than a standard contact visit.
Security Threat Group (STG) status can also change what a visit looks like. At Pasquotank, offenders validated as Security Threat Group Level 2 are allowed contact visits with approved immediate family members. Level 3 offenders are allowed only non-contact visits with approved immediate family. If you're not immediate family, those STG restrictions matter even more when you're trying to figure out whether an in-person visit is realistic.
Note: Segregation, control status, and STG level can limit visits to non-contact and narrow who is eligible. In those situations, video may be the simplest way to keep consistent contact.
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