JM: How often could you receive visitors? castly: In my circumstance, I only had close family
members pay bi-weekly visits to me. From my
understanding though, visitation rights had much
to do with the policy of good behavior. There
were some inmates who had daily visitors and
some did not have any visitation right at all.
My family member(being my sister and brother)
would visit me every other week. There were a
few occasions when my lawyer paid me visits to
let me know of new details regarding my case
load. Sarah: twice a week
JM: Was the check-in process lengthy for those who came to see you? castly: No one ever mentioned anything regarding the
process of entrance into the prison in terms of
visitor or family members. I do know that my
relatives had to be closely scrutinized
regarding exactly what they were allowed to
bring into the interviews and what they were not
allowed to bring into the interviews. I never
ask them how long and tedious the process was
and they never mentioned to me whether it was
time consuming or not. Sarah: no upshur county is not a real big jail
JM: What was the visiting environment like? castly: Basically, it was an enclosed room with multiple
seats or visiting stations. There were employees
of the facility overseeing all aspects of the
visiting patron. Some on the inmates were behind
closed windowed rooms and some were allowed to
see their friends or family member in a one to
one type setting. Close supervision was upheld
regarding items which were being held or carried
by the visitors. The environement was very quite
and seemed almost as if it were a institution
type setting with a sad type affiar presentation. Sarah: horrible nasty and not na enviorment for
grandparents to visit