Visiting Someone in Special Housing (SHU) at Wende: What's Different

If your loved one is in the Special Housing Unit (SHU) at Wende, here's the key difference: they're allowed one non-legal visit per seven-day period. You can't stack multiple regular visits close together like you sometimes can in general population. Planning a trip? Assume you'll get one standard (non-attorney) visit that week and build your plans around that limit.

Wende counts the visitation week from Sunday through Saturday. This matters because the

Planning Tips

• ✓ Map your plan to Wende’s Sunday–Saturday visitation week so you know which week your visit will count toward
• ✓ Before you travel, confirm whether a non-legal SHU visit has already happened during the current Sunday–Saturday week
• ✓ Double-check that your intended visit day falls in a week where your loved one still has their one allowed non-legal SHU visit available
• ✓ Review the DOCCS Visitors Page for Wende for any additional visitation details you may need before you go

This guide focuses on what makes SHU visiting different at Wende: the one non-legal visit per seven-day period and how weeks are counted. It doesn't cover the specific logistics that can make or break your visit - exact SHU visiting days and times, what documentation to bring, or how check-in works when you arrive. For those details, the facility directs visitors to the DOCCS Visitors Page. Verify current requirements there before you go.

1. Start with the DOCCS Visitors Page - Use it to confirm the current visitation details for Wende beyond the SHU weekly limit.
2. Follow up if anything is unclear - If the schedule or requirements don’t make sense for your situation, get clarification before you leave home.
3. Re-confirm before you travel - A quick final check can save you a wasted trip, especially when you’re planning around the SHU one-visit-per-week rule.