How to Visit Davis Correctional Facility

Visiting Schedule

Like every ODOC-operated prison, this facility keeps its scheduled visiting window somewhere between 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM, with the exact open days set by the warden’s office rather than published as a fixed statewide calendar. What varies from one inmate to the next is not the window itself but how many of those hours a particular person is cleared to use, which is governed by the privilege level system below. Visiting days include Saturday, Sunday, and state holidays, and if a holiday falls on a weekday it becomes an added visiting day at the inmate’s usual weekly allotment. Call the ODOC Visitation Unit at (405) 768-3269 or the facility at (405) 698-5900 before you drive out, since hours and open days can shift.

How Much Time You Actually Get

This is where a lot of families get caught off guard: nobody at an ODOC facility gets a flat weekly visiting allowance. Policy OP-030118 sets the hours by two factors, the inmate’s security classification and a privilege level they earn through good conduct, Level 1 through Level 4. Because this facility houses both medium and maximum security inmates, both rows of the table below can apply, depending on which side of the yard the person you’re visiting is on.

Security Level	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
Maximum	1 hour, non-contact	Up to 2 hours/week	Up to 3 hours/week	Up to 4 hours/week
Medium	1 hour, non-contact	Up to 2 hours/week	Up to 4 hours/week	Up to 6 hours/week
Minimum	1 hour, non-contact	Up to 4 hours/week	Up to 6 hours/week	Up to 8 hours/week

Level 1 always caps out at one non-contact hour a week, regardless of security class. A brief contact visit, meaning a hug and a kiss allowed at the start and end, isn’t available until an inmate reaches Level 2 or above. The person you’re visiting will know their own current level and classification, and asking them directly is the fastest way to find out which row of this table applies to your visit.

Segregation, Protective Custody, and Disciplinary Housing

Inmates held in special management housing, whether that’s administrative segregation or protective custody, are limited to one non-contact hour of visiting a week, and only with a mother, father, spouse, an attorney, or clergy. Some ODOC facilities carry a named exception to this cap in policy OP-030118, but this facility is not one of them, so the standard one-hour rule applies here without modification.

Disciplinary status (referred to as DU time) cuts off visits entirely except for an attorney or clergy member. If a disciplinary sanction runs past 60 days, the inmate moves onto the same one-hour visiting terms as administrative segregation or protective custody.

Getting on the Approved Visitor List

Nobody visits for the first time without clearing this process first.

1. Get the Visitor Request Form (DOC 030118B). The inmate can mail it to you, or you can ask the ODOC Visitation Unit for it directly. Faster option: use the email box at the top of this page and we’ll send you the form right now.
2. Fill out every section. Full legal name, date of birth, home address, and your relationship to the inmate, along with a copy of your state-issued photo ID or driver’s license.
3. Get it to the ODOC Visitation Unit by Wednesday at 1:00 PM. Anything that arrives after that cutoff waits for the following week’s processing cycle.
4. Sit through the background check. ODOC runs an Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and FBI records check on every visitor 18 or older, along with a check against the Office of the Inspector General’s Visitor Alert system.
5. Wait for word. OP-030118 doesn’t commit to a set number of days for this review, so if it’s dragging on, call the Visitation Unit and ask for a status check instead of guessing at a deadline. Once you clear, that approval is good for three years before you need to file again.

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Just arrived from intake? An inmate freshly transferred in from Lexington Assessment and Reception Center (LARC) without an approved visitor list on file yet isn’t shut out of visits for weeks. Family members already documented in the inmate’s field file can get one visit within 30 days of arrival while the formal Visitor Request Form works its way through the system.

Who’s Allowed on the List

An inmate can have up to 20 approved visitors at once, and children under 18 don’t count toward that number. No more than 5 approved visitors can be in the visiting room together at the same time. ODOC’s definition of immediate family covers a spouse, natural or surrogate parents, grandparents, in-laws, children (stepchildren and adopted children included), grandchildren, siblings, and aunts or uncles.

A few rules trip families up more than any others:

• A “friend” can only be listed for one inmate. Anyone added as a non-family visitor can’t sit on more than one inmate’s approved list at any ODOC facility or private prison at the same time.
• A prior conviction means a three-year wait. A non-family visitor who was previously incarcerated has to wait three years after finishing their entire sentence, supervision included, and the facility head still has to sign off.
• You can’t jump straight to another inmate’s list. Someone removed from one inmate’s list has to wait a full year before joining a different inmate’s list anywhere in the ODOC system.
• If the inmate takes you off the list, it’s a 120-day wait. An inmate who has a visitor removed can’t add that same person back for 120 days.
• Former staff wait three years. Anyone who previously worked for ODOC, or for a facility under an ODOC contract, has to wait three years after leaving before they can be added as a non-family visitor. Because this facility only recently moved from CoreCivic to direct state operation, that clock now applies to former CoreCivic staff here too, not just former ODOC employees.

Bringing Children Along

A child who belongs to the inmate needs to arrive with an approved adult visitor. Any other child needs their own parent or legal guardian present, along with documentation, such as a birth certificate or adoption papers, proving how they’re related. Once a child turns 18, they go through the same Visitor Request Form process as any adult applicant.

ODOC can restrict a child’s visitation if it receives documentation from a court, the Department of Human Services, a legal guardian, or a district attorney showing the visit wouldn’t be in the child’s best interest.

Dress Code

ODOC’s dress code (form DOC 030118A) applies to every adult visitor and to children over 11, unless a medical or handicap condition makes compliance impossible. Any of the following can get someone turned away at the door or pulled from a visit already underway:

• Shorts, skorts, skirts, or dresses that fall above the top of the kneecap, or anything form-fitting
• Wrap-around skirts, or dresses and skirts slit above the kneecap
• Tube tops, tank tops, crop tops, halter tops, spaghetti straps, or sleeveless, see-through, or mesh tops
• Leggings, biker shorts or pants, and body suits
• Spandex clothing, swimwear included
• Blue, periwinkle, camouflage, or orange shirts, since those colors are reserved for the inmate uniform
• Tight-fitting sweat suits
• Low-cut tops, or clothing with rips or cut-out panels
• Clothing carrying profanity or offensive wording or images
• Headgear, other than religious head coverings
• Clothing that exposes the midriff, is extremely tight, sits off the shoulder, or exposes any part of the breast

Proper underclothing is required of everyone entering the visiting room. When in doubt, dress conservatively. Anything borderline is likely to slow you down at screening.

What to Bring and What Stays Behind

Bring your state-issued photo ID and not much else. Cell phones, cameras, recording devices, large bags, and outerwear that could hide something all stay in the vehicle.

Contraband covers cell phones and other electronics, alcohol, firearms, ammunition, drugs or drug paraphernalia, unapproved paperwork, photos that weren’t cleared in advance, and anything else that could put facility security at risk. Trying to bring any of it in, or leaving it somewhere on the property for an inmate to retrieve later, can end your visiting privileges and lead to felony charges. Handing anything to the inmate that wasn’t approved beforehand, even something harmless, ends the visit on the spot and puts your place on the list at risk. Infant supplies, like bottles, diapers, and baby food, are permitted at every ODOC facility.

Security Screening

Every visitor, and everything they carry in, goes through screening before reaching the visiting area:

• Pat search. Everyone 18 and older is patted down at entry. Visitors under 18 aren’t searched.
• X-ray. This facility runs at medium and maximum security, so all visitor property is x-rayed.
• Metal detector. You get three attempts to clear it. A fourth failed pass ends the visit.
• Canine screening. At the facility head’s discretion, a drug-detection dog may check visitors and vehicles. A first alert costs you that day’s visit and nothing more. A second alert on the same person or vehicle brings a 90 to 180 day suspension, and a third brings a full year suspension.

A single mid-visit restroom trip is allowed, with no extra time added to compensate. If the visiting room has no separate restrooms for visitors and inmates, the inmate is strip-searched before rejoining the visit. Refusing a search ends the visit immediately and can get you removed from the visitor list. Every visitor 18 or older shows photo ID that gets checked against both the approved list and their own face, every single visit.

Vending Machine Money

Inmates can’t carry cash, so if you plan to buy something from a vending machine during the visit, you’ll need to bring it yourself. Visitors may carry up to $30 in quarters, kept in a clear quart-size bag. Most facilities run sandwich, snack, and beverage machines for use during visits.

Video Visitation (Securus Video Connect)

For families who can’t make the trip to Holdenville, ODOC offers video visits through Securus Video Connect, open to anyone already approved on the inmate’s visitor list.

• Set up an account with Securus and submit an electronic application for this specific facility. You’ll receive an email once it’s approved or denied, with a reason given for any denial.
• Approved visits run 20 minutes and need to be booked at least 48 hours out, first-come, first-served, in 30-minute blocks.
• If the facility cancels a scheduled video visit for its own operational reasons, you can ask Securus for a credit toward a future session.
• Only people on the approved visitor list can appear on camera. Anyone else showing up in the frame gets the visit suspended or the account shut down.
• A minor can’t run their own account. Their video visit has to happen through an approved adult’s account, with that adult present the entire time.
• You’re responsible for your own device and internet connection. ODOC doesn’t troubleshoot connection or hardware problems, and the same dress code and conduct rules apply as an in-person visit. Every video visit is recorded and can be watched live by staff.

Securus, not ODOC, sets the price of video visitation, so confirm current rates directly with them before you sign up.

Attorney and Special Visits

An attorney visit carries the same general privileges as a standard visit. The attorney may be asked to show an Oklahoma Bar Association card, and paralegals, investigators, law students, or expert witnesses working the case may need a letter on the attorney’s letterhead identifying them. With advance notice and the facility head’s sign-off, an attorney visit can happen outside normal visiting hours, skip the contact barrier, and include a laptop or tablet for reviewing documents. Staff observe these visits but don’t record the audio.

Special visits are for situations that don’t fit inside regular visiting hours, such as a visitor who traveled a long distance, a re-entry program volunteer, a visit with a hospitalized inmate, a clergy visit, or a visit during disciplinary status, which is otherwise limited to attorney or clergy only. Because this facility’s day-to-day visiting schedule has shifted since the change from CoreCivic to ODOC operation, call the Visitation Unit or the facility directly to arrange one. Length and terms are decided case-by-case by the facility head.

Visitor Conduct and Rule Violations

A standard visit permits a brief hug and kiss at the start and end, and nothing beyond that. Off-limits behavior includes prolonged embracing or excessive kissing, hickeys, touching or fondling of the genitals, breasts, buttocks, thighs, back, or stomach through or under clothing, sitting on laps, straddling legs, lying down, and using a restroom designated for the opposite sex. Any of this ends the visit on the spot and can get the visitor removed from the list for a period the facility head decides.

Beyond conduct during a visit, ODOC runs a formal three-strike ladder that applies the same way system-wide, including at private prisons holding ODOC inmates:

• First violation: temporary restriction of 90 to 180 days
• Second violation: temporary restriction of 180 to 365 days
• Third violation: permanent restriction, which only a regional administrator or higher can lift

Certain violations skip straight to permanent restriction the very first time: helping someone escape, bringing in a weapon, bringing in a cell phone or other electronic device, bringing in illegal drugs or alcohol, or assaulting staff, a visitor, or another inmate.

These carry real legal consequences too, not just facility sanctions. Oklahoma Statutes, Title 57, Chapter 1, Section 21 spells out the penalties for bringing unauthorized items into a state penal institution:

• Weapons, drugs, alcohol, or money and financial documents for anyone besides the inmate or their spouse: a felony, carrying one to five years in ODOC custody, a fine of $100 to $1,000, or both.
• Tobacco or tobacco products: a misdemeanor, carrying up to a year in county jail, a fine up to $500, or both.
• A cell phone or any electronic device capable of sending or receiving communication, brought into a secure area: a felony, carrying up to two years in ODOC custody, a fine up to $2,500, or both.

Tobacco is banned everywhere on ODOC property. If you’re carrying any, it has to stay locked in your vehicle for the entire visit, with no use until you’ve left state property completely.

Contact

Davis Correctional Facility (also known as Allen Gamble Correctional Center) 6888 E. 133rd Road Holdenville, OK 74848 Phone: (405) 698-5900 ODOC Visitation Unit: (405) 768-3269