How to visit, scheduling, dress code, and visitor requirements
Everyone and everything entering York County Prison must clear metal detectors. Visitors and their belongings may be searched, and all visits are subject to audio/video monitoring. Leave handbags, backpacks, suitcases, cameras, and electronic devices at home unless you have prior approval. Facility management can deny entry for any reason. Arrive no more than ten minutes before your scheduled visit. Former residents cannot visit for six months after release. If you're bringing a child age 13 or under for the first time, bring a birth certificate or adoption papers so it can be recorded in the facility's visiting computer. Remote video visitation is also available, with personal video sessions costing $15 for 0–30 minutes.
Search for a loved one and send messages and photos in minutes.
Your first visit goes smoother when you know the rules that can stop it before it starts. Here's what you need to know about scheduling, security screening, children's hours, disciplinary-status visits, and video options at York County Prison.
Visiting someone at York County Prison takes a little planning. Here are the facility-specific rules that most often trip people up, plus what to double-check before you go.
Handbags, backpacks, suitcases, cameras, and electronic devices are not permitted unless you have prior approval. Management can deny access to any visitor or item for any reason.
You can enter up to ten minutes before your scheduled visit time.
Yes. Video (remote) visitation is available as an alternative to in-person visits. Personal video visits cost $15 for 0–30 minutes. Professional video visits cost $25.20 for 0–30 minutes and $50.40 for 31–60 minutes. Join close to your scheduled time using the facility's video-visit interface or link.
Each housing unit at York County Prison has a telephone for inmate use. Keep in mind that all calls are subject to monitoring, recording, and disclosure of information. Plan your conversations accordingly.
Sending regular (non-legal) mail to York County Prison? Don't use the prison's street address. Standard mail must go through the facility's vendor process—specifically TextBehind—rather than directly to the prison. (GTL tablet messaging is also available for communication.) Always include the incarcerated person's full name and ID number on the envelope so it gets matched correctly during processing.
Getting money onto someone's account at York County Prison is straightforward once you know which methods actually work. Here's what the facility accepts—and what it doesn't.
