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Visitor Policy

Interview with Lena, Janis and Anna

JM: How often could you receive visitors?
Lena: You could have a visitor 3 days a week but just 1 per day. The visits were around 15 to 20 minutes each time.
Janis: Wednesday through Sunday was visiting days. You could have a visit each day if one was made.
Anna: I think pretty often. My cellmate was leaving a lot to see family. I didn't have visitors.

JM: Was the check-in process lengthy for those who came to see you?
Lena: It was around 45 minutes of standing in line waiting to get in. And once you got in you had to go through the search and pat down to make sure you weren't bringing anything in.
Janis: I'm not sure but I've been on the visiting end of the jail seeing someone else and it moves pretty quickly through processing and my visitors woukd be there within the time for the visit.
Anna: Again I wouldn't know what that experience was like. Nobody ever came to visit me. I'm sure it had to be long. They all probably had to get checked out.

JM: What was the visiting environment like?
Lena: It was a long hallway room with plexiglass. You sit at stool and talk through the glass on a phone.
Janis: Better then the housing environment, but seeing my son through glass was an experience I never wanted to experience again. Its emotional because your family is your only connection to the outside world and they try to hide the reality of what they may be going through as a result of your ordeal or they get emotional and you're trying to be strong for them.
Anna: I only know what the visiting environment was like at glen helen. I didn't get any visitors at west valley. I did have a cell mate who got visitors all the time. She was let out of our cell and taking outside our section. After that I have no idea were the visiting center was.

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