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Pickens County Detention Visiting Hours and How to Schedule a Visit

Visiting someone at Pickens County Detention takes a bit of planning—there's a daily visit limit and an afternoon scheduling cutoff to keep in mind. Here are the exact public visiting hours and the easiest ways to get on the calendar.

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Pickens County Detention Visiting Hours and How to Schedule a Visit

Public visits at Pickens County Detention run Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. If you're working around a job or school schedule, aim for earlier in the day - you'll need time to get scheduled and checked in.

Planning tip: Public visits are limited to two visits per day, per inmate, and the facility does not schedule any visitations after 3:40 pm.

Each inmate can receive two public visits per day. If multiple people want to see the same person, coordinate ahead of time - otherwise you might use up both visits before everyone gets a chance.

Public visiting hours run until 4:00 pm, but there's a catch: no visits are scheduled after 3:40 pm. Show up late in the afternoon and you might get turned away. Plan to arrive well before that 3:40 cutoff.

Pickens County Detention Visiting Hours and How to Schedule a Visit

No internet at home? You can still schedule. Use the kiosk after your visit to book your next one - it's a convenient way to lock in your next time while you're already there.

  • ✓ Go to the facility lobby to schedule a visit if you don’t have internet at home.
  • ✓ Lobby scheduling help is available Monday–Friday between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm.
  • ✓ Public (onsite) visits are only available Monday–Friday from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.

Pickens County Detention offers onsite video visitation through Securus at securustech.online. You'll need to create a Securus account first, then schedule your video visit through their system.

Video visits must be scheduled at least 24 hours in advance. Want to visit tomorrow? Book today - or you'll miss the window.

Don’t skip this: After you schedule a video visit, you’ll be given a PIN number - keep it, because you must have that PIN to use video visitation.

Having trouble scheduling or running into issues when you arrive? Call the on-duty Sergeant or facility Lieutenant at (864) 898-1434.

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