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MOCC Visitation Center

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Last Updated: February 22,2024


Visitation Hours

Visiting hours for MOCC are subject to change, so it's crucial to confirm them by contacting the facility directly by phone. Please reach out to 304-442-7213, on visitation procedures, applications, or directions to the facility in Mt. Olive. Please note that visitors will undergo a thorough search before entering the premises, and personal belongings, including cell phones, are strictly prohibited. Individuals under probation, parole, or community corrections supervision must obtain approval from both their supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting, although such visits are not typically approved.

General Visitation Information

Mount Olive Correctional Complex (MOCC) - Visitation

General Population:
The MOCC Visiting Room is open Saturday and Sunday. Visitor processing begins at 8:30 a.m. and ends at 10:30 am and again from 11:30 am until 3:30 pm although the Visiting Room does not close until 6:00 pm.

Segregation Units: Visiting of inmates in Segregation Units (Quilliams 1 & 2, Medical Infirmary and Mental Health Unit) is by appointment only. Call Saturday and Sunday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm to arrange a visiting time.

Slayton Work Camp: Visiting of inmates assigned to the Slayton Work Camp will take place in the MOCC Visiting Room and by appointment only. Visitors may call in on Saturday and Sunday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm to schedule an appointment. Due to space limitations, appointments for visits with inmates assigned to the Slayton Work Camp are to be made at least one week in advance.

RULES & REGULATIONS FOR VISITORS

Identification:
All Visitors must be on the inmate’s approved visitor list and must provide 2 forms of identification. Visitors 18 years of age and older must have at least one form of identification bearing their photograph (e.g. Driver’s License). The second form of identification may be any other document identifying the individual, such as a Voter’s Registration Card, Insurance Card, etc. However, a Social Security Card or a Credit Card will not be accepted as a valid form of identification. Visiting Room staff may require further identification when deemed necessary. Minor children shall only be permitted to visit when in the company of a parent, other adult member of the immediate family, or legal guardian. Other adult members of the immediate family must present a notarized statement from the parent or legal guardian verifying that they have issued permission for the minor child to be in that adult’s company on the facility’s grounds to visit the inmate.

Searches:
Visitors involved in the introduction of contraband onto the grounds are subject to immediate loss of visiting privileges and criminal prosecution. WV State Code 61-5-8 prohibits any alcoholic liquor, non-intoxicating beer, poison, explosives, firearms or other dangerous or deadly weapons or controlled substances on the grounds of the prison. Cash is also considered contraband for inmates. All visitors must complete a magnetometer, canine and pat-down search, as directed, before entry. If a visitor refuses to have his/her vehicle searched, they will be immediately escorted from the property and denied a visit on that day. All children accompanying visitors will be searched in the presence of the custodial parent/guardian accompanying them. MOCC reserves the right to search any vehicle coming onto facility grounds. Vehicle searches that result in the seizure of any contraband the visitor(s) will be permanently banned from participating in the MOCC visiting program. MOCC reserves the right to also contact the WV State Police for further action. No visitor (approved or disapproved) will be permitted to sit or loiter in their vehicles in the Visitation parking lot. All visitors must either report to the Visiting Room Lobby or depart from the premises.