
(For further information on visiting return to the Visiting Link) Reception Center visiting takes place behind glass and is by appointment only. Upon completing the visiting application process and being an approved visitor you can visit an inmate in the reception center. To send mail to the inmate, address your letters this way.Ĭan I visit the inmate while he/she/they is housed in the reception center? Specifically, they can receive one hundred (maximum 100 per inmate) sheets of yellow or white lined writing paper (no spiral metal binding, no cardboard, and no plastic wrap), forty embossed/metered envelopes from the post office, forty stamps, and forty blank envelopes (40 maximum per inmate). Inmates can also receive mail and writing supplies. These calls will be made collect to the account the family sets up, and are monitored by the institution.

While in Reception Center, the inmates are given a phone call within the first week and every month thereafter as part of the Reception process.

The inmate’s family location is taken into consideration, however, being placed near family is not guaranteed due to many other factors.Ĭan I call the inmate or can he/she/they call me while in the reception process? He/she/they will then be recommended for appropriate placement at an institution based on his/her/their level. Once all the inmate’s case factors are reviewed he/she/they will be assigned a classification score. Upon arrival to a prison Reception Center, the inmate must go through the reception and classification process. What takes place when an inmate first arrives to the prison? What to Expect RECEPTION AND CLASSIFICATION PROCESS
