Centre Co Correctional Visitation Center

Centre County Correctional Facility - Visitation

Centre County Correctional Facility - Application to Visit

General Inmate Visits:

• Visits will take place in the Visiting Rooms on the mezzanine level of each housing unit.
• Work Release visits will take place adjacent to the lobby.
• All inmate general visits will be non-contact.
• Contact visits will only be permitted for those inmates who are receiving visits arranged through Children and Youth Services.
• Only the Warden or their designee can grant an inmate request for a contact visit if Children and Youth Services are not involved.
• General visits will take place seven days a week from 12:45-9:00 pm.
• All visits will be scheduled 24 hours in advance by the inmate.
• A visit will be one hour in length.
• Inmates are permitted one visit per week, Sunday through Saturday, plus one extra visit per month during any week in the month.
• Inmates in the Restricted Housing Unit will not be afforded a special visit.
• If the requested visitor is a former inmate at the facility and is within 6 months of release, the visitor will be denied visits.
• If the visitor is a former inmate, the inmate can send a written request to the Warden asking for the visitor to be approved to visit. The Warden or his designee will make the determination on adding the visitor.
• Individuals under any type of court supervision, including pending charges and bail, will not be permitted to visit unless written approval is obtained from the Warden
• Only legal documents are permitted to be taken on a visit.
• No food products, candy, writing instruments etc. are permitted.
• Visitors under 18 years of age must be accompanied by an adult.
• Visitors will be limited to one adult and a maximum of two children per visit. If two adults are present, they may split the visit one-half hour each.
• Visitors will have until 10 minutes from the start of the scheduled visit to arrive at the facility.
• If the visitor does not arrive within the 10 minute grace period, the visit will be canceled, and the visitor will be turned away when they arrive.
• If the visitor fails to show for the scheduled visit or is late, the inmate will be charged for the visit.
• Visitors leaving the Visiting Room for any reason may not return.
• Inmates and visitors will not share their visit with other inmates and visitors.

Professional Inmate Visitors:

• Attorneys, members of Law Enforcement, and Volunteer/Service Providers will be assigned to meeting rooms along the main corridor of the facility.
• Attorneys will only be allowed to visit with an inmate for whom he/she is the Attorney of Record. All other attorney visits must be requested by the inmate or attorney to the Director of Treatment.
• Attorneys will be afforded privacy of conversation.