How to send messages, photos, and packages
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.
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Use SCI Rockview's Zoom meeting link, click "Launch Meeting," and enter your name or email—the Meeting ID auto-populates. You'll typically need to create an account with the approved vendor and complete identity verification and scheduling steps before your visit.
Yes. Inmates may purchase DOC-approved tablets through ViaPath Technologies, and family or friends with purchase or account questions can call ViaPath at 877-650-4249.
The tablet has a mortality timer and must be synced at a prison kiosk every 30 days or it will lock. After release, the former inmate must send the tablet to ViaPath to remove the mortality timer and enable WiFi/camera software.
Professional video visits at SCI Rockview are scheduled through the facility—not through an inmate's personal visitor list. Here's exactly how to get on the calendar, receive your connection details, and join on time.
SCI Rockview participates in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PA DOC) visitation program, which includes both in-person visits and video visits. If you’re trying to see someone by video, you’ll schedule and join that visit through the state’s system rather than arranging it informally.
Scheduling your first video visit at SCI Rockview is straightforward once you understand the system. Here's how Pennsylvania DOC's IVS works, how to book a time slot, and what to do so your Zoom visit actually connects.
