Understanding Santa Ana Jail's two-visit-per-week rule (what counts and when)

At Santa Ana Jail, the visitation week is counted from Sunday through Saturday. That Sunday-to-Saturday window is what the jail uses when tracking weekly visit limits.

Santa Ana Jail allows two one-hour visits per week. This is a weekly cap that resets every Sunday, not a rolling seven-day limit. How you use those two visits is up to you. You could schedule one early in the week and one later, or do them on back-to-back days. Once both one-hour visits are used during that Sunday-to-Saturday window, you'll need to wait until the next visitation week to visit again.

If the inmate has a court date, visits won't be allowed that day. So even if you haven't used your two visits for the week, a court appearance can block a visit you were counting on. The good news: visiting privileges may resume after the court appearance. A "no visits because of court" day doesn't necessarily wipe out the rest of your week. You may still be able to visit once court is over, as long as you're within your two one-hour visits for that Sunday-to-Saturday visitation week.

Planning Tips

• ✓ Count visits by the jail’s Sunday-to-Saturday visitation week, so you do not accidentally “spend” both one-hour visits before the week is over.
• ✓ Treat each one-hour session as one of the two weekly visits, then plan the second visit around when you most need face time that week.
• ✓ If you know (or strongly suspect) there is a court date coming up, avoid making that your only possible visiting day. Visits are not allowed when the inmate is scheduled for court.
• ✓ When court interrupts a planned visit, shift your plan to another day after court, since visits may resume after court appearances.
• ✓ If you are deciding which week to use for a visit, consider waiting for the week where court is less likely to cut into your options, so you can actually use both one-hour visits.