How to Schedule Your First In-Person Visit at Tabor Correctional Institution

In-person visits at North Carolina Department of Adult Correction prisons, including Tabor Correctional Institution, are by appointment only. You cannot walk in and expect to be added to a list. Schedule your visit ahead of time.

Scheduling also depends on visitor approval. Before you try to book anything, complete the visitor application process and wait until the facility approves you. Without approval, you will not be allowed to visit, even if you traveled to the prison.

Before filling out paperwork or contacting the facility, get your loved one's information exactly right. Use their full legal name as the prison has it, along with their OPUS/offender number if you have it. Accurate details help the facility match your application and appointment to the right person.

To visit in person, you need a completed visitor application on file. The facility must approve it before any visit can happen. Fill out the application fully, return it the way the facility requires, and wait for processing. Do not book travel until you know you are approved.

Once approved, schedule your visit by calling or emailing Tabor Correctional Institution directly. Ask for the next available appointment and confirm any timing instructions for that day.

• ✓ Schedule your in-person visit with the facility in advance.
• ✓ Call the prison the day before your scheduled visit to confirm the facility’s visitation status.

Plan for entry screening when you arrive. Visitors age 16 and older go through a pat/frisk search and an electronic device search before entering. Leave your phone behind. Cell phones are contraband and prohibited from all prison facilities.

Everyone must pass through and clear a metal detector. If you are wearing jewelry or other metal items, plan ahead so you are not delayed at the checkpoint.

• ✓ Expect the dress code to be strictly enforced.
• ✓ Wear a shirt and shoes (both are mandatory).

If you are turned away, it usually comes down to approval status or entry procedures. Ask staff what needs to be corrected, then verify your visitor application is approved before trying again. If the issue was related to screening, do not argue or refuse. Refusing to comply with searches results in denial of entrance.

1. Call or email the facility to check your visit status: Confirm you are still scheduled and the prison is allowing visitation.
2. Verify you are approved to visit: Make sure your visitor application approval is in place before you reschedule.
3. Reschedule, then confirm again the day before: After you get a new date, call the day before that appointment to confirm visitation status.