Visitation policy at FCI Morgantown

Visitation policy at FCI Morgantown

Any inmate desiring to have regular visits must submit a list of potential visitor names. Members of the immediate family (mother, father, brother, sister, spouse and children who have been listed in the inmate's pre-sentence investigation report) may be placed on the visiting list, absent any strong circumstances which preclude a person or persons from visiting.

Other visitors may be included on the visiting list following an investigation by the Unit Team and providing there is adequate justification for the visit.

Normally, anyone who has befriended an inmate after his period of incarceration began will not be granted visits. Visitors who request to see an inmate, but who are not on the approved visitation list will be denied.

Regular visiting times are Friday from 5 p.m. to 9p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and federal holidays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Inmates and visitors are required to conduct themselves suitably at all times. Physical contact is inappropriate in the visiting area, however, one hug and kiss at the start and end of visiting is permitted.

Visitors are required to dress appropriately. Dress standards are explained in the Visiting Guidelines handout. Inmate clothing that is in compliance with institution policy is acceptable in the visiting area.

NOTICE: Inmates are not authorized to accept anything from or give anything to visitors. The following statement is an excerpt from the U.S. Department of Justice Regulations:

"It is against the law to introduce, or attempt to introduce to this institution or its ground or take or attempt to take or send from this institution any article without the knowledge and consent of the Warden or his duly authorized representative. The use of cameras or other recording equipment without the written consent of the Warden is strictly prohibited. Violations are subject to criminal prosecution and prison sentences up to ten years."

Identification of Visitors

Photo identification is required for adult visitors, age 16 and older. This may include a state driver's license or two other forms of government identification with photograph, full names and signatures affixed.

Birth certificates are not considered proper identification. Anyone without proper identification will not be permitted to visit.

Visitors may be asked to submit to a search and be checked with a detector and/or drug sensor. Visitor's purses, attorney's briefcases, etc. may be subject to searches.

Visitors are permitted to bring money into the Visiting Room to purchase items from the vending machines. Also, a reasonable amount of diapers and other infant care items and sanitary napkins may be brought into the Visiting Room. No diaper bags, car seats or strollers are allowed in the Visiting Room and no food may be brought into the Visiting Room.

Inmates are not authorized to handle any currency or receive either coins or money for their Commissary account while in the Visiting Room. Money for commissary accounts should be sent through the mail, using U.S. Postal Money Order to the National Lock Box utilizing the following address:

Federal Bureau of Prisons
Insert Inmate Name
Insert Inmate Number
Post Office Box 474701
Des Moines, Iowa 50947

(Money can also be sent through Western Union Quick Collect)

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