SCI Rockview, PA

SCI Rockview handles both in-person and video visitation through the Pennsylvania DOC Inmate Visitation System (IVS). You'll need a Keystone login for identity verification to schedule and join visits. Professional visitors must call the Superintendent's Assistant to get added to IVS and schedule their visit. Have a valid email ready—connection details and cancellation notices go there automatically. For video visits, professional visitors can join up to five minutes before the scheduled start time. Security is tight for in-person visits: lock your vehicle (it may be searched), and every visitor—including children—goes through a search and metal detector. There's no public waiting area, so anyone not visiting needs to leave the grounds.

Video visits at SCI Rockview run through Zoom. Use the facility's meeting link, click "Launch Meeting," and enter your name or email—the Meeting ID auto-populates. Joining from Android? Download the Zoom Cloud Meetings app from Google Play before your visit to avoid last-minute tech issues. Inmates can purchase DOC-approved tablets through ViaPath Technologies. For purchase or account questions, call ViaPath at 877-650-4249. These tablets have limited features—no Wi-Fi or camera—and only run DOC-approved apps for email, music, games, commissary purchases, and eBooks. One important detail: tablets include a mortality timer and must sync to a prison kiosk every 30 days or they'll lock.

SCI Rockview accepts mailed money orders through JPay. Send a completed JPay deposit slip and your money order to JPay at 717 Market Street, Ste. 423, Lemoyne, PA 17043, following the directions on the form. The deposit form must include a valid email or mailing address—JPay won't process payments without one. Don't include letters or notes in the envelope; anything extra gets discarded. Each money order can be up to $999.99, and approved deposits process within ten (10) business days after JPay receives them. Want to help someone buy a tablet? Friends and family can't purchase tablets directly—inmates order them through the DOC commissary. Fund their account through JPay instead. For help, call JPay at 800-574-5729.

SCI Rockview enforces Pennsylvania DOC's zero-tolerance standard on sexual abuse and harassment. Staff or inmates who engage in this conduct—or fail to report it—face disciplinary action and potential criminal prosecution. If an allegation involves penetration and is reported within a timeframe that allows evidence collection, the alleged victim will be offered a forensic medical exam at an outside hospital. After a PREA report, staff follow up with the inmate regularly for at least 90 days to monitor safety and watch for retaliation. Intake and program placement include a JRI2 review handled by Records Staff and Unit Team/Parole staff. Eligibility doesn't guarantee assignment to a specific program track. For visiting, mail, and commissary, department-wide rules apply—but local schedules vary, so check facility-specific details before you go.