How Many In-Person Visits Can an Inmate at Turbeville Have Each Month?
If your loved one is at Turbeville Correctional Institution, SCDC rules for closed-security facilities limit how often you can visit. Here's the breakdown of in-person visits allowed—and how the weekly rule and monthly cap actually work together.
Turbeville is classified as a Closed Security institution for visitation purposes. As long as the inmate doesn't have restrictions, they're allowed one in-person visit per week - that's one visit every seven days.
There's also a monthly ceiling. At Turbeville CI, the maximum is four in-person visits per month - even in months with five weekends.
Visits happen on weekends, with three time blocks available on both Saturday and Sunday: 8:00 am–10:00 am, 11:00 am–1:00 pm, and 2:00 pm–4:00 pm. Plan to pick one of these blocks on a weekend that works for your schedule.
Each visit lasts up to two hours, matching those time blocks. Up to four visitors can come at once, but at least one must be an adult.
Here's how to think about it: Turbeville allows one visit every seven days, but caps you at four total visits per calendar month. Even if you space visits out perfectly by seven days, you'll still hit that monthly limit.
- Plan for “once a week” as your baseline - pick a weekend block (8:00–10:00, 11:00–1:00, or 2:00–4:00 on Saturday or Sunday) and keep about seven days between visits.
- Count your visits by calendar month - once you’ve scheduled four in-person visits in the same month, you’ve hit the maximum for that month.
- Watch for five-weekend months - if a month has five weekends, you may still only be able to complete four visits that month, even if you could otherwise space them out by seven days.
- Use the time blocks to make the day workable - since each visit is capped at two hours, choosing the 8:00–10:00, 11:00–1:00, or 2:00–4:00 block can help you coordinate travel time and avoid feeling rushed.
Planning tip: Month boundaries can get confusing. Spacing is based on seven days between visits, but you're still capped at four per month no matter what. And since each visit maxes out at two hours, pick a time block that gives you enough buffer to arrive, check in, and get your full visit.
Before you travel: Visit-frequency rules are published in more than one place and can be updated. Confirm the current Turbeville policy so you don’t plan around an outdated weekly or monthly limit.
- ✓ Email the SCDC Visitation office: visitation@doc.sc.gov
- ✓ Call the Visitation Inquiry Line: 803-896-1838
Confirm the rules before you make a long drive, take time off work, or try to squeeze multiple visits into one month. When you contact SCDC, ask specifically about Turbeville's current in-person visit frequency - both the weekly spacing and the monthly maximum - and whether any restrictions apply to the inmate you're visiting.
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