How to visit, scheduling, dress code, and visitor requirements
Salem Correctional Facility requires visitors to complete a juvenile visiting request form. By signing, you certify your answers are truthful and authorize the facility to run a background check. The form asks whether you're currently under indictment (with an explanation required if so) and whether you've ever been convicted of a felony. If yes, you'll need to provide the conviction date, the crimes, your sentence, and the facility where you were committed and released. Children under 18 can only be listed if you prove you're the child's parent or legal guardian—and that parent or guardian must already be on the offender's approved visiting list. Already submitted this request for the same offender at another juvenile facility? Don't re-submit unless it's over a year old. One important note: even with a cleared background check, the Superintendent may still deny a visit. Call to confirm approval and schedule ahead of time.
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Bringing a child to visit takes extra preparation. Salem Correctional Facility has specific rules for adding minors to your visit—here's what you need to know about the WV Juvenile Visiting Request process.
Getting approved to visit starts with the West Virginia Juvenile Visiting Request. Fill it out completely, send it to the right address, and follow up properly—you'll avoid most delays.
Visiting someone at Salem Correctional Facility starts with getting your name cleared through West Virginia's Juvenile Visiting Request process. Here's a practical walkthrough of what the form asks, where to send it, and what happens after you submit.
Getting approved to visit starts with the WV juvenile visiting request form. What you write matters—you're authorizing a background check, and the facility has final say on whether a visit happens.
Yes. The Superintendent can deny a visit even after your background check is approved. Call the facility to confirm your approval status and schedule the visit.
Yes, but only if you can prove you are the child’s parent or legal guardian. The parent or legal guardian also must be on the offender’s approved visiting list.
It asks whether you are currently under indictment and requires an explanation if you are. It also asks about any felony conviction and requires details like the conviction date, crimes, sentence, and the facility of commitment and release.
