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When You Can Visit Someone at David Wade: Days, Hours, Frequency, and Group Size

Planning a visit to David Wade Correctional Center? Here's what you need to know about days, hours, and cutoffs — so you don't drive all that way only to be turned away at the door.

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When You Can Visit Someone at David Wade: Days, Hours, Frequency, and Group Size

Regular visiting days are Thursday through Saturday. Show up any other day and you'll be turned away - plan your travel around that schedule.

Visiting hours run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on those days. That's your main window, but there are admission cutoffs within that timeframe you'll want to know about.

Heads up: no new visitors are admitted between 11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Arrive during that window and you'll wait until admissions resume. Time your arrival for before 11:00 or after 11:30.

Even though visiting runs until 4 p.m., no new visits can start after 3:00 p.m. Late-afternoon arrivals are risky - get there early enough to begin your visit before that 3:00 cutoff.

Approved visitors can visit twice per month. Keep that limit in mind when planning multiple trips - you don't want to make the drive only to find you've already used your visits.

A maximum of six visitors can see one person at a time. Bringing a larger group? You'll need to coordinate so no more than six are in the visiting room at once.

Only approved visitors can visit, and each approved visitor gets two visits per month. Before planning your trip, confirm you're on the approved list. Then build your schedule around the Thursday–Saturday visiting days and those admission cutoffs.

When You Can Visit Someone at David Wade: Days, Hours, Frequency, and Group Size

Practical Checklist

  • ✓ Plan your visit for Thursday, Friday, or Saturday.
  • ✓ Aim for the main visiting window: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • ✓ Don’t arrive expecting to be admitted between 11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.
  • ✓ Get there early enough to start your visit before 3:00 p.m. (no new visits start after 3:00).
  • ✓ Keep your group size to six visitors or fewer in the visiting room for the same imprisoned person at one time.
  • ✓ Space out your trips around the limit of two visits per month for approved visitors.

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