How to Visit Dr. Eddie Warrior Correctional Center

What Visiting Actually Looks Like at EWCC

ODOC sets a statewide visiting window of 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, and EWCC’s warden decides exactly which days within that window the facility opens its doors. What ODOC doesn’t leave up to the facility is how many of those hours any one resident is entitled to. That’s governed separately by a privilege system tied to both security classification and an earned level, which we break down next. Visiting days always include Saturday, Sunday, and Oklahoma state holidays. When a holiday lands on a weekday, it converts into an extra “free” visiting day at that resident’s usual weekly allotment. Because EWCC is a minimum and community security facility, most of the women there fall toward the more generous end of ODOC’s hour bands, but you should still confirm the current schedule by calling (918) 683-8365 or the ODOC Visitation Unit at (405) 768-3269 before you drive out.

The Privilege Level System: Why Hours Aren’t the Same for Everyone

Here’s something a lot of first-time visitors don’t expect: two women at the same facility can have completely different weekly visiting allowances. ODOC assigns every resident a privilege level, Level 1 through Level 4, that they earn (or lose) based on behavior, and that level determines how many hours of visiting time they get per week within their security classification.

Security Classification	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

No matter the security classification, Level 1 always means one hour a week and no physical contact beyond what’s allowed at the start and end of a visit. A resident has to reach Level 2 before contact visits, meaning a brief hug or kiss when you arrive and again when you leave, become available at all. Since EWCC houses minimum and community custody residents, ask her directly what level she’s currently at. That single number tells you far more about how much time to block off than the facility’s general visiting hours do.

Segregation, Protective Custody, and Disciplinary Time

If a resident is in special management housing, whether that’s administrative segregation or protective custody, ODOC policy caps visits at one non-contact hour a week, and only mother, father, spouse, an attorney, or clergy are permitted during that time. This cap applies at EWCC exactly as written in OP-030118 (ODOC’s policy only carves out a different arrangement at three specific facilities, and EWCC isn’t one of them, so don’t expect an exception here).

A resident on disciplinary status, sometimes called DU time, gets no visits at all besides an attorney or clergy member. If that disciplinary stretch runs past 60 days, she’s shifted onto the same visiting terms as someone in long-term segregation or protective custody.

Getting Approved to Visit

You can’t just show up. Here’s the process ODOC requires before your name is cleared to visit:

1. Request the Visitor Request Form, DOC 030118B. She can mail it to you from inside, or you can contact the ODOC Visitation Unit directly. The faster route is the email box near the top of this page, which sends you the official form immediately.
2. Fill in every field. Full legal name, date of birth, current address, and your relationship to her, plus a copy of a state-issued photo ID or driver’s license.
3. Get it submitted by Wednesday, 1:00 PM. Anything received after that cutoff waits for the next week’s processing cycle.
4. Clear the background screening. Every visitor 18 or older is run through an Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and FBI criminal history check, along with a check against the Office of Inspector General’s Visitor Alert database.
5. Watch for approval. OP-030118 doesn’t set a published deadline for how long the screening takes, so if it’s been a stretch of weeks with no word, call the Visitation Unit and ask about your status instead of guessing. Once you’re approved, that clearance holds for three years before you’d need to file again.

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Just transferred in? A woman who’s freshly arrived at EWCC straight from Mabel Bassett Assessment and Reception Center (MBARC), the statewide intake point for women in ODOC custody, doesn’t have to wait on a fully processed visitor list before seeing anyone. Family members who were already listed in her field file at intake can get one visit within her first 30 days while the standard Visitor Request Form works its way through the system.

Who Qualifies for the Visitor List

ODOC allows up to 20 approved visitors per resident, and kids under 18 aren’t counted toward that cap. No more than 5 approved people can be present for a single visit at once. Immediate family, under ODOC’s definition, covers a spouse, birth or surrogate parents, grandparents, in-laws, children (biological, step, or adopted), grandchildren, siblings, and aunts or uncles.

A handful of lesser-known rules trip families up:

• “Friend” status is exclusive. If you’re added as a friend rather than family, you can’t sit on more than one resident’s approved list, at EWCC or any other ODOC or ODOC-contracted facility.
• Prior incarceration means a three-year wait. A non-family visitor with a past felony sentence has to wait three years past the end of their full sentence, supervision included, and still needs facility-head sign-off.
• You can’t hop between residents. Getting dropped from one person’s list locks you out of joining a different resident’s list for a full year.
• Removal by request means 120 days. If she asks to have you taken off her list, she can’t add you back for 120 days.
• Former staff face the same three-year rule. Anyone who used to work for ODOC, or for a company contracted by ODOC, has to wait three years after leaving before being added as a non-family visitor.

Bringing a Child to EWCC

If the child belongs to the resident, they need to arrive with an approved adult visitor. Any other child needs their own parent or legal guardian present, along with proof of the relationship, a birth certificate or adoption paperwork works. Turning 18 doesn’t grandfather anyone in; at that point, the visitor needs to file their own Visitor Request Form like every other adult.

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

Dress Code

ODOC’s attachment DOC 030118A spells out what’s off-limits for every visitor, and for children over age 11 unless a medical or handicap condition applies. Any of the following can get you turned away at the door:

• Shorts, skirts, or dresses that sit above the top of the kneecap, or anything that fits too tightly
• Wrap-around skirts, or skirts and dresses slit above kneecap length
• Tube tops, tank tops, crop tops, halter tops, spaghetti straps, sleeveless tops, or anything sheer or mesh
• Leggings, biker shorts, or body suits
• Spandex, including swimwear
• Blue, periwinkle, camouflage, or orange shirts, since those colors are reserved for resident uniforms
• Tight sweat suits
• Low-cut tops, or clothing with rips or cutouts
• Anything printed with profanity or offensive images
• Hats or headgear, except for religious head coverings
• Clothing that shows the midriff, sits off the shoulder, or exposes any part of the chest

Everyone needs appropriate underclothing on underneath. If you’re unsure whether something crosses the line, wear something else. A denial at the gate means driving home without a visit.

What to Bring and What Stays in the Car

Bring your photo ID and not much else. Cell phones, cameras, recording equipment, oversized bags, and heavy outerwear that could hide something all need to stay locked in your vehicle.

Contraband covers cell phones and any electronics, alcohol, firearms, ammunition, drugs or paraphernalia, unapproved paperwork, and photos that weren’t cleared beforehand. Attempting to bring any of it in, or even stashing it somewhere on the grounds for her to grab later, can cost you your visiting privileges permanently and open you up to felony charges. Handing her anything that wasn’t pre-approved, even something totally harmless, ends the visit on the spot and puts your spot on the list at risk. If you’re traveling with an infant, diaper bags, bottles, and baby food are fine at every ODOC facility.

What Happens at the Door: Security Screening

Every visitor and everything they’re carrying gets checked before entering the visiting room:

• Pat search. Required for every visitor 18 and up. Visitors under 18 skip this step.
• Metal detector. You get three passes to clear it. Fail a fourth time and the visit ends there.
• X-ray. Property gets scanned by x-ray at facilities operating medium security or above.
• Canine screening. At the facility head’s discretion, a drug-detection dog may check visitors and cars. A first alert costs you that day’s visit only. A second alert on the same person or vehicle triggers a 90 to 180 day suspension. A third means a full year out.

Need the restroom mid-visit? You get one trip out and back, with no extra time added afterward. If EWCC’s visiting area doesn’t have separate visitor and resident restrooms, she’ll be strip-searched before rejoining the visit. Refusing a search shuts the visit down immediately and can put your visiting privileges in jeopardy. Every adult visitor has to show ID that matches both the approved list and their appearance, and this check happens at every visit, not just your first one.

Vending Machine Money

Residents aren’t permitted to hold cash, so if you want a snack or a drink together, you’re the one bringing money. Visitors can carry up to $30 in quarters, kept in a clear, quart-sized bag. Machines typically cover sandwiches, chips or snacks, and soda or other drinks.

Video Visitation Through Securus

Can’t make the trip to Taft? EWCC offers video visits through Securus Video Connect, but only for people already cleared on the resident’s approved visitor list.

• Set up a Securus account and file an electronic application specifically for EWCC. You’ll hear back by email whether it’s approved or denied, with a reason given either way.
• Sessions run 20 minutes and have to be booked at least 48 hours in advance, filled first-come, first-served in 30-minute slots.
• If EWCC cancels a scheduled video visit for its own operational reasons, ask Securus about getting a credit for a future session.
• Only approved visitors are allowed on camera. If someone else wanders into frame, expect the visit to be paused or the account shut down.
• Minors can’t run their own video visitation account. Their session has to go through an approved adult’s account, and that adult stays present the entire time.
• You’re responsible for your own device and internet. ODOC won’t troubleshoot your connection, and the standard dress code and conduct rules still apply. All video sessions are recorded and can be watched live by staff.

Securus, not ODOC, sets the pricing, so double-check current rates directly with them when you register.

Attorney Visits and Special Circumstances

An attorney visiting a client at EWCC gets the same base privileges as any other visit, but may be asked to show an Oklahoma Bar Association card. Paralegals, investigators, law students, or expert witnesses tied to the case may need a letter on the attorney’s letterhead explaining their role. With enough advance notice and sign-off from the facility head, attorney visits can happen outside standard hours and allow a laptop or tablet for reviewing documents. Staff monitor these visits visually but don’t record the audio.

Special visits exist for situations the regular calendar doesn’t accommodate: someone who traveled a long way to get there, a re-entry program volunteer, visiting a hospitalized resident, clergy, or a visit during a disciplinary period (limited to attorney or clergy). Contact EWCC or the ODOC Visitation Unit ahead of time to work out the details; the facility head decides length and conditions case by case.

Conduct Rules and the Consequences of Breaking Them

A standard visit allows one brief hug and kiss at the start and one at the end, nothing more. ODOC prohibits extended embracing, excessive kissing, hickeys, touching or fondling of the genitals, breasts, buttocks, thighs, back, or stomach whether through clothing or under it, sitting on laps, straddling, lying down, or using a restroom meant for the opposite sex. Any of it ends the visit right away and can get you pulled from the visiting list for however long the facility head decides.

Beyond that, ODOC uses a three-tier violation system that applies the same way at every ODOC facility and every private prison holding ODOC residents:

• First offense: restricted from visiting for 90 to 180 days
• Second offense: restricted for 180 to 365 days
• Third offense: permanently restricted, and only a regional administrator or someone above that rank can lift it

Certain violations bypass the ladder entirely and go straight to a permanent ban on the first offense: helping someone escape, smuggling in a weapon, smuggling in a cell phone or other electronic device, bringing in drugs or alcohol, or assaulting staff, another visitor, or a resident.

There’s also real criminal exposure here, not just a facility-level consequence. Oklahoma Statutes Title 57, Chapter 1, Section 21 covers this directly: bringing in weapons, drugs, alcohol, or money or financial instruments meant for anyone besides the resident or their spouse is a felony, carrying one to five years in ODOC custody, a fine between $100 and $1,000, or both. Tobacco or tobacco products count as a misdemeanor, up to a year in county jail and a fine up to $500. Carrying a cell phone or any device capable of sending or receiving communications into a secure area is a felony, up to two years in ODOC custody and a fine up to $2,500.

Tobacco is banned system-wide at every ODOC facility. If you’re carrying any, it has to stay locked in your car for the entire visit, and you can’t use it again until you’ve fully left state property.

Contact Information

Dr. Eddie Warrior Correctional Center 601 N. Oak Street Taft, OK 74463-0315 Phone: (918) 683-8365 ODOC Visitation Unit: (405) 768-3269