Understanding Stark County Jail's One-Visit-Per-Week Rule (And When It Starts)

At Stark County Jail, each inmate is permitted one 30-minute visit each week. There is also a firm visitor limit: each visit can include no more than two visitors total, and that two-person cap includes minors.

Even with a time set, visitation stations are first-come, first-served. If stations are full when you arrive, you'll wait. And that waiting can eat into the visit time you were counting on.

A visit counts toward the weekly limit the moment it actually begins in the visiting room. Once you pick up the phone and the inmate picks up theirs, the jail considers that week's visit used.

If the inmate is going to refuse a visit, timing matters. For the refusal to keep the visit from counting, the inmate needs to tell the housing officer *before* picking up the phone. Once the phone is picked up, the visit is counted.

Practical Tips

• ✓ Arrive 10 minutes before your scheduled visit time.
• ✓ Register when you arrive.
• ✓ Bring a valid photo ID so you can register.

1. Confirm the inmate wants to take the visit - If they plan to refuse, they need to decide that before the visit begins.
2. Have them tell the housing officer early if they are refusing - The inmate must notify the housing officer before picking up the phone, otherwise the visit counts for the week.
3. Be ready to start on time - Once you pick up the phone and the inmate picks up the phone, the visit is counted for the week.
4. Arrive 10 minutes early with a valid photo ID - This gives you time to register so you are not scrambling right at the start of your slot.