Before Your First Visit to Warren Correctional Institution: A Practical Checklist

Visiting someone at Warren Correctional Institution for the first time? Two things are non-negotiable: visits are by appointment only, and you must have an approved visitor application on file before you can schedule anything. Once you have an appointment, call the prison the day before to confirm visitation status. You don't want to make the drive for nothing.

Warren Correctional Institution, 379 Collins Rd., Manson, NC 27553. Phone: 252-456-3400.

You can't visit until your visitor application is approved. The incarcerated person has to request blank forms from the facility and send them to you. Once you complete and return the forms, staff will review them. Build in time for this process before trying to schedule your first visit.

• ✓ Ask your loved one to get the blank visitor application form from the facility
• ✓ Fill out the application completely (an incomplete application can delay approval)
• ✓ Return the completed application to the facility and wait for staff approval before planning a trip
• ✓ Keep any approval confirmation or details you receive handy for visit day

1. Schedule an appointment: Visits are by appointment only. Call or email the prison to set your visit time (Warren CI phone: 252-456-3400).
2. Write down the details: Save the date, time, and any instructions you are given when you schedule.
3. Plan around the appointment: Since you are coming by appointment, build your travel plans around that set time.

Always call the day before your scheduled visit to confirm visitation status. This quick check saves you from showing up when visits aren't happening.

You'll go through security screening at the entrance. Everyone passes through a metal detector before entering the facility.

1. Check in when you arrive: Follow staff directions for where to go and what to do first.
2. Prepare for the metal detector: You will go through a metal detector as part of the entry process.
3. Clear the screening: Entry requires passing through and clearing the metal detector search.

Dress Prohibited Items

• ✓ Wear a shirt and shoes (both are mandatory)
• ✓ Skip revealing tops, including halter tops, bare midriffs, strapless tops, tube tops, body suits, underwear-type T-shirts, and tank tops
• ✓ Avoid sleeveless shirts or dresses that are inappropriately revealing
• ✓ Do not wear fishnet shirts or see-through fabric (shirts or pants)

• ✓ Cellphones
• ✓ Smartwatches
• ✓ Cameras
• ✓ Recording devices
• ✓ Smart/AI glasses

Visits are by appointment, so arrive with enough time to get through check-in and metal detector screening before your slot. And don't forget: call the day before to confirm visitation status.

• ✓ Proof your visitor application has been approved (whatever confirmation you were given)
• ✓ Your appointment details (date and time)
• ✓ Warren Correctional Institution address: 379 Collins Rd., Manson, NC 27553
• ✓ Warren Correctional Institution phone number: 252-456-3400