How to visit, scheduling, dress code, and visitor requirements
Ventress Correctional Center visitation details weren't available from primary sources, so use common Alabama correctional facility practices as a starting point and confirm current rules before you travel. Many Alabama facilities rely on remote video visits and lobby kiosks, sometimes alongside limited in-person options. Personal visits are often monitored and recorded. You'll likely need to be added to the inmate's approved visiting list first—this may involve a visitor questionnaire or background check. You may also have to create a visitation account online or at a lobby kiosk and schedule your visit ahead of time. On visit day, plan to sign in, show a valid photo ID, use the assigned kiosk or visitation station, and follow staff instructions.
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Start by confirming Ventress-specific scheduling rules with the facility. If Ventress follows common Alabama procedures, you'll need to be on the inmate's approved visiting list first. Then register (online or at a lobby kiosk, if required) and schedule through the system provided.
Bring a valid, government-issued photo ID and be ready to sign in. If visits are handled by video, you’ll use the assigned kiosk or visitation station and follow staff instructions throughout the session.
Ventress-specific confirmation wasn’t available, but many Alabama facilities treat visits as monitored and recorded. Plan your conversation with that in mind.
Sending money shouldn't mean a returned money order, surprise fees, and a week of waiting. Double-check the details below before you mail anything.
Ventress Correctional Center doesn't handle incentive packages directly. Instead, the Alabama Department of Corrections authorizes Union Supply to process property and hygiene package orders for state facilities. Footwear is a separate program—Union Supply Direct is ADOC's exclusive footwear provider.
- **Online (Access Corrections)** — deposit with a debit/credit card through Access Corrections. - **By phone (Access Corrections)** — call in a card deposit any time, 24/7. - **Cash walk-in (CashPayToday)** — register first, then pay cash at participating retail locations. - **Mail a money order** — use the Alabama DOC Money Order Deposit Form and mail it to the Access Corrections processing address.
