Inmate Visiting

In light of the recent H1N1 pandemic, and in an effort to maintain the health of our offenders and staff, we are asking any visitor experiencing influenza like symptoms such as fever and cough or sore throat not to visit the prison.  If a visitor does show up and is visibly sick we will most likely ask that person to leave the institution without receiving the visit.  Similarly, any offender showing influenza like symptoms will not be allowed to participate in a visit until the symptoms resolve.  Thank you for your cooperation. 

The DOC Visiting Program is intended as an avenue to develop and maintain healthy family and community relationships.  This web site provides general information to answer the most asked questions.  Visiting practices may vary at correctional facilities based on the security needs of the facilities and their physical structures.

Visiting in DOC facilities must be conducted in as accommodating a manner as possible while maintaining order, the safety of persons, the security of the facilities, and the requirements of correctional activities and operations. It is a privilege for offenders to have personal visits while confined in DOC facilities.  Offenders are aware that failure to comply with the established regulations and policies by either their visitors and/or the offender may result in warning, termination of visits, placement on non-contact visiting status, suspension or revocation of the visiting privilege, including permanent loss of visits.

The information in this web site is provided for your use and convenience.  Please pay particular attention to the visiting regulations so that your visits occur with as little inconvenience as possible.  If you have specific questions, telephone numbers are provided.  We hope you will assist us in making your visiting experience a pleasant one for you, your family, friends, and the person you are visiting.

Normal Visiting Schedules
Each facility has an established visiting schedule.  Click here for visiting hours.

MCF- Faribault
MCF-Lino Lakes
MCF-Oak Park Heights
MCF-Rush City
MCF-St. Cloud
MCF-Shakopee
MCF-Stillwater
MCF-Willow River/Moose Lake
Challenge Incarceration Program (CIP)

There is no visiting on the following State recognized holidays:

• New Year's Day
• President's Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
• Memorial Day
• July 4 (Independence Day)
• Labor Day
• Veteran's Day
• Thanksgiving and the following Friday
• Christmas Day

Statewide Visiting Room Rules

Statewide visiting Room Rules (English)
Statewide visiting Room Rules (Spanish)

 

Visiting Restrictions

Visiting Restrictions for Visitors (English)
Visiting Restrictions for Visitors (Spanish)

Visiting Restrictions for Offenders (English)
Visiting Restrictions for Offenders (Spanish)

Visiting Applications

Visiting Privilege Application Form  (English)
Visiting Privilege Application Form  (Spanish)

Parental Authorization Form  (English)
Parental Authorization Form  (Spanish)