How to Visit Mabel Bassett Correctional Center

Visiting Schedule

ODOC schedules visits statewide, and MBCC’s scheduled visiting window runs between 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM. The exact days and hours the facility opens for visits are set by the warden, but the number of hours each individual inmate is authorized to visit within that window is set by ODOC’s Visiting Privilege Level system, described below. Visiting days include Saturday, Sunday, and all state-recognized holidays. If a state holiday falls Monday through Friday, it becomes a “free” visiting day at the inmate’s normal weekly hour allowance. Call the ODOC Visitation Unit at (405) 768-3269 or MBCC at (405) 964-3020 to confirm current hours and to schedule your visit.

How Many Hours You Get: the Visiting Privilege Level System

This is the part most families don’t expect: MBCC doesn’t give every inmate the same visiting window. ODOC ties the number of hours per week to the inmate’s security classification and their earned “privilege level,” Level 1 through Level 4. A newly arrived or lower-level inmate gets far less time than someone who has earned a higher level within their security class.

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

At every security level, Level 1 is capped at one non-contact hour per week with people on the approved visiting list. Contact visits, meaning a brief hug or kiss allowed at the start and end of a normal visit, only become available once an inmate reaches Level 2 or higher. Ask the person you’re visiting what their current level is. They will know, and it will tell you how much time to plan for.

Segregation, Protective Custody, and Disciplinary Status

Inmates in special management housing (segregation, administrative status, or protective custody) are limited to one non-contact hour per week, and only with their mother, father, spouse, an attorney, or clergy. ODOC’s policy specifically names Mabel Bassett, along with Oklahoma State Penitentiary and Lawton Correctional Facility, as an exception: this one-hour limit does not apply to long-term segregation or protective custody status at these three facilities. Instead, visiting hours for those situations are set in MBCC’s own internal post orders, not the statewide policy, so ask the Visitation Unit directly if this applies to your situation.

Inmates serving disciplinary time (DU time) cannot have visits at all except from an attorney or clergy. If disciplinary detention runs longer than 60 days, the inmate is moved to the same visiting privileges as long-term administrative or protective custody status.

Getting on the Approved Visitor List

Before your first visit, you need to be on the inmate’s approved visitor list. Here’s how that works.

1. Get the Visitor Request Form (DOC 030118B). The inmate can mail it to you, or you can request it from the ODOC Visitation Unit. To skip the wait, use the email box at the top of this page and we’ll send you the direct link to the official form right now.
2. Fill it out completely. You’ll need your full legal name, date of birth, address, and relationship to the inmate, along with a copy of your state-issued photo ID or driver’s license.
3. Submit it to the ODOC Visitation Unit by Wednesday at 1:00 PM. Forms that come in after the deadline roll to the next week’s processing.
4. Wait for your background check to clear. ODOC runs your name through an Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) and FBI criminal records check, plus a check against the Office of the Inspector General’s Visitor Alert system. This applies to every visitor 18 or older.
5. Get notified once you’re approved. ODOC’s policy doesn’t publish a set processing timeframe for the background check, so if it’s been a while, call the Visitation Unit to check your status rather than assuming a deadline. Once approved, you stay on the list for three years before you need to submit a new application.

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Just arrived at MBCC from intake? Inmates who arrive as a new transfer from Lexington Assessment and Reception Center (LARC) or Mabel Bassett Assessment and Reception Center (MBARC) without an approved visitor list yet don’t have to wait for full approval to see family the first time. Family members already listed in the inmate’s field file get one visit within 30 days while the formal Visitor Request Form is still being processed.

Who Can Be on the Visitor List

Each inmate can have up to 20 approved visitors, and children under 18 don’t count against that total. No more than 5 approved visitors can visit at the same time. ODOC defines immediate family as a spouse, natural or surrogate parents, grandparents, in-laws, children (including stepchildren and adopted children), grandchildren, siblings, and aunts or uncles.

A few rules that catch families off guard:

• Friends can only follow one inmate. A visitor added as a “friend” rather than family cannot be on the approved visiting list of more than one inmate at any ODOC facility or private prison.
• Former inmates face a three-year wait. Someone who isn’t a family member and was previously incarcerated cannot visit until three years after they finish their full sentence, including any supervision, and the facility head has to approve it even then.
• You can’t be swapped between inmates quickly. If a visitor is removed from one inmate’s list, they can’t be added to a different inmate’s list for a full year, regardless of which ODOC facility that inmate is at.
• If the inmate removes you, there’s a cooling-off period. An inmate who asks to have a visitor removed can’t add that same person back for 120 days.
• Former ODOC employees wait three years. Anyone who worked for ODOC or a facility under contract with ODOC and left the job cannot be added as a non-family visitor for at least three years.

Bringing Children to Visit

Children need documentation every time. A natural or adopted child of the inmate must come with an approved adult visitor. Any other child must be accompanied by their own parent or legal guardian, who needs to bring proof, such as a birth certificate or adoption papers, showing their relationship to the child. Once a child turns 18, they have to go through the standard Visitor Request Form process like any other adult to stay on the visiting list.

Visitation involving a child can be restricted if ODOC receives documentation from a court, the Department of Human Services, a legal guardian, or a district attorney showing the visit isn’t in the child’s best interest.

What to Wear

ODOC’s dress code (form DOC 030118A) applies to every visitor, male or female, and children over age 11 unless a handicap or medical condition prevents compliance. A visit can be denied or ended on the spot for violating any of these:

• Shorts, skorts, skirts, or dresses shorter than the top of the kneecap, or anything tight-fitting
• Wrap-around skirts, or dresses and skirts with a slit above the top of the kneecap
• Tube tops, tank tops, crop tops, halter tops, spaghetti-strap tops, or sleeveless, transparent, or mesh tops
• Leggings, biker pants, or body suits
• Spandex clothing, including swimwear
• Blue, periwinkle, camouflage, or orange shirts (these colors are reserved for inmate uniforms)
• Tight-fitting sweat suits
• Low-cut clothing, or anything with rips or cut-out designs
• Clothing with profanity, offensive wording, or offensive pictures
• Headgear, except for religious head coverings
• Clothing that exposes the midriff, is extremely tight, sits off the shoulder, or exposes any part of the breast

All visitors must wear underclothing appropriate for their gender. Dress conservatively and plan for a screening delay if you show up in something borderline.

What to Bring and What’s Not Allowed

Bring your state-issued photo ID and little else. Leave cell phones, cameras, recording devices, large purses, bags, and outerwear that could conceal something in your vehicle.

Contraband is treated seriously and includes: cell phones and accessories, any electronic device, alcohol, firearms, ammunition, drugs or drug paraphernalia, unauthorized paperwork (legal or otherwise), photographs not previously approved, or anything else that could threaten the facility’s security. Trying to bring contraband in, or even leaving something on facility grounds for an inmate to retrieve later, can end your visiting privileges and lead to felony charges. Passing anything between you and the inmate that wasn’t approved in advance, even something that isn’t contraband, will end the visit immediately and can get you removed from the visiting list.

Care items for infants, like bottles, diapers, and baby food, are allowed at every ODOC facility.

Security Screening

Every visitor and everything they bring goes through screening before entering the visiting area:

• Pat search. Everyone 18 and older is patted down on entry. Visitors under 18 are not searched.
• X-ray. Because MBCC operates at medium security and above for parts of its population, property is scanned by x-ray machine.
• Metal detector. You get three chances to clear the metal detector. On the fourth failed attempt, the visit is terminated.
• Canine screening. At the facility head’s discretion, a drug-detection dog may screen visitors and vehicles. If the dog alerts, the consequences escalate fast: the first alert on a person or vehicle denies that day’s visit only, a second alert on the same person or vehicle brings a 90 to 180 day suspension, and a third alert brings a full one-year suspension.

If you need to use the restroom mid-visit, you’re allowed to leave and return one time only, with no extra time added to make up for it. If MBCC’s visiting room doesn’t have separate visitor and inmate restrooms, the inmate is strip-searched before returning to the visit. Refusing any search ends the visit immediately and can get you removed from the visiting list. Everyone 18 and older must show state-issued photo ID that’s cross-checked against the approved visitor list and your physical appearance, every visit, not just the first.

Money for Vending Machines

Inmates are never allowed to carry currency, so if you want to buy something from a vending machine during your visit, you bring the cash. Visitors can bring up to $30 in quarters, and it has to be carried in a clear, quart-size bag. Facilities offer sandwich machines, chip and snack machines, and soda or beverage machines for visitor and inmate use during the visit.

Video Visitation (Securus Video Connect)

If a trip to McLoud isn’t possible, ODOC offers video visitation through Securus Video Connect for visitors who are already approved on the inmate’s visiting list.

• You’ll need to create an account with Securus and submit an electronic application through their website for MBCC. You’ll get an email once ODOC approves or denies it, with a reason given for any denial.
• Once approved, video visits run 20 minutes and must be scheduled at least 48 hours in advance, on a first-come, first-served basis in 30-minute blocks.
• If the facility cancels a scheduled video visit for its own operational reasons, you can request a visitation credit from Securus for a future visit.
• Only people on the inmate’s approved visiting list can appear on camera. If anyone else shows up in frame, the visit gets suspended or the account terminated.
• A minor cannot have their own video visitation account. The visit has to be set up and run through an approved adult’s account, with that adult present the entire time.
• You supply your own device and internet connection. ODOC isn’t responsible for your connection quality or hardware, and the same dress code, conduct rules, and language standards apply as an in-person visit. All video visits are recorded and can be monitored live by staff.

The cost of video visitation is set by Securus, not ODOC, so check current pricing directly with the provider when you set up your account.

Attorney and Special Visits

Attorney visits at MBCC get the same general privileges as a regular visit. Attorneys may need to show an Oklahoma Bar Association membership card, and paralegals, investigators, law students, or expert witnesses working the case may need a letter on the attorney’s letterhead confirming who they’re there for. With advance notice and the facility head’s approval, an attorney can bring a laptop or tablet for document review. These visits are watched by staff but aren’t audio recorded.

Special visits cover situations regular visiting hours don’t fit: someone who traveled a long distance, a re-entry program volunteer, a visit with a hospitalized inmate, clergy visits, or a visit during disciplinary status (attorney or clergy only). At MBCC, special and attorney visits are scheduled on Mondays and Thursdays by prior arrangement with the facility or the ODOC Visitation Unit. The length and conditions of a special visit are set by the facility head on a case-by-case basis.

Visitor Conduct and What Happens If You Break the Rules

A regular visit allows a brief hug and kiss at the start and end, but ODOC draws a hard line after that. Prohibited physical contact includes continued 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 immediately and can get the visitor removed from the list for a period the facility head decides.

Beyond conduct, ODOC enforces a formal violation ladder for any rule infraction, applied the same way across every ODOC facility and private prison 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. Only a regional administrator or higher can rescind a permanent restriction.

Some violations skip straight to a permanent restriction on the first offense, because of how serious they are: 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 an inmate.

These aren’t just facility rules. Oklahoma Statutes, Title 57, Chapter 1, Section 21 makes it a real crime to bring unauthorized items into a state penal institution:

• Weapons, drugs, alcohol, or money/financial documents for anyone other than the inmate or their spouse: a felony, punishable by one to five years in ODOC custody, a fine of $100 to $1,000, or both.
• Tobacco or tobacco products: a misdemeanor, punishable by 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 a communication, brought into a secure area: a felony, punishable by up to two years in ODOC custody, a fine up to $2,500, or both.

Tobacco and tobacco-like products are banned system-wide. If you have any, they need to stay locked in your vehicle for the whole visit, and you can’t use them again until you’ve left state property entirely.

Contact

Mabel Bassett Correctional Center 29501 Kickapoo Road McLoud, OK 74851 Phone: (405) 964-3020 ODOC Visitation Unit: (405) 768-3269