Official Pennsylvania DOC policy statement governing inmate visiting privileges, issued October 2022. An inmate in general population may have up to six video visits and four in-person visits per month, and in-person visits last no less than one hour. The policy covers approved visitor lists, categories of people barred from visiting, requirements for visitors under eighteen and prohibited items. Intended as the full policy reference alongside the department's plain-language visitation page.
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