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The Shawnee County Department of Corrections (DOC) recognizes the important role visitation serves during a person's confinement at the facility. Maintaining contact with family and friends can provide stability and support at a time when it is most needed in the life of an incarcerated individual. Every effort is made to make visitation as efficient and accessible as possible while at the same time ensuring safety and security is maintained. The visitation procedures and rules are established to provide those who visit a safe and positive environment in which to visit. A Visitation Procedures brochure is available in the front lobby of each facility. Visitors are responsible for following all rules and procedures while visiting.
Visitation opportunities are available for both the Adult Detention Center and the Juvenile Detention Center. It is required to have valid picture identification such as a driver’s license, state I.D. card, or school ID card. No personal belongings are allowed in the visitation area of the facilities. Lockers are in the lobby for visitors to store personal property (purses, cell phones, cameras, pagers, radios, coats, and other personal items).
Parking is available in the front parking lot of the facility or on the street. Cars illegally parked or parked on areas not authorized for visitors are subject to being ticketed and/or towed away.
This visitation schedule does not pertain to professional visits (attorney, religious leader, probation/parole officer, etc.) or “special visits” for those visitors coming from out-of-state or otherwise approved. A special visit with an inmate must be pre-approved and pre-arranged with the Administrative Services Division Manager. A special visit with a juvenile must be pre-approved and pre-arranged with the Juvenile Detention Center Operations Division Manager.
The following outlines the visitation times and schedule for the Adult Detention Center and Juvenile Detention Center.
All visitors shall be required to abide by the following clothing restrictions. Violations may result in being restricted from visitation. These clothing restrictions shall apply to all visitors.
You absolutely may not wear any of the following:
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The days and times inmates can have visitation is based on the inmate's last name. One group shall consist of inmates with the first letter of their last name (A-L) and the other group shall consist of inmates with the first letter of their last name (M-Z).
Each inmate shall be afforded two (2) 40-minute visits per week. The Front Desk Officer shall record all visits to ensure that each inmate receives the approved number of visits. The same visitor may not visit more than one inmate per visitation day. To accommodate inmate program schedules and visitor schedules, the following visitation schedule shall be used:
| a.m./p.m. | Group 1 | Group 2 |
| Morning Groups: | 8:20-9:00 a.m. | 9:10-9:50 a.m. |
| Afternoon Groups: | 12:50-1:30 p.m. | 2:50-3:30 p.m. |
You must arrive and be signed in at least 15 minutes before the scheduled visitation time, or you will not be able to visit.
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| A.M. | No Visits | A-L | M-Z | A-L | M-Z |
| P.M. | A-L | M-Z | A-L | M-Z | No Visits |
Each juvenile resident is permitted one visit per visitation day. No more than two adults or one adult and one child can visit at one time. Approved visitors include parents, legal guardians, grandparents, and siblings. A parent, legal guardian, or grandparent must accompany a sibling. Visitation periods are 25 minutes in length.
| Tuesday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | |
| Periods | 6:30 p.m. | 6:30 p.m. | 10 a.m. | 10 a.m. |
| 7 p.m. | 7 p.m. | 10:30 a.m. | 10:30 a.m. | |
| 7:30 p.m. | 7:30 p.m. | 11 a.m. | 11 a.m. |
All visitors are to report to the Juvenile Detention Center front lobby for check in.