Visiting Schedule Changes Information

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What is happening:

As you may know, the Department of Corrections (DOC) is facing serious budget challenges, as are all state agencies. At the same time, we remain fully committed to the safety and well-being of the adults in custody, our staff, and the public. Every day, we work to ensure critical posts are appropriately staffed and overtime is responsibly managed. Given these realities, we want to let you know about upcoming changes to visiting across all facilities.

We understand any operational changes can affect the people who are incarcerated and those who care about them, and we assure you these decisions are not made lightly. While we fully recognize the vital role visitation plays in maintaining family connections and supporting rehabilitation, DOC will be reducing the number of available visiting days in the coming months due to ongoing staffing and budget constraints. Adjusting visiting schedules is one step we are taking to help manage those pressures, balanced with maintaining safe operations, dayrooms, yard times, programming, education, and other operational needs.

Minimum custody facilities will offer visiting on weekends only. Medium custody facilities will offer visiting on two weekdays in addition to weekends.

Our values and long-term commitment:

We know this will have significant impacts to the friends and families of adults in custody. Visiting a person in prison provides meaningful benefits, not only for the incarcerated individual, but also for their family and for public safety. Maintaining strong social connections supports emotional well-being, strengthens family bonds, and plays an important role in successful reintegration into the community. Please know we are working to make this a temporary fix, and we will assess outcomes six months after implementation.

Facility Calendar

As always, please check with the individual facility where you plan to visit for any modifications to visiting days or hours. Their schedules are posted on our website, here. We will post the visiting session hours as they become available, as soon in advance as we're able. Schedules will not start changing until April 1. (with the exception of EOCI that had already established a new schedule effective March 2nd, 2026.)

Institutions understand that exceptions may be necessary when no alternative options are available for normal or professional visits—such as when a visitor cannot attend during regular hours or cannot participate by video or phone. Listed here are the institution subject-matter experts who can assist with requests for normal and professional visits outside of standard visiting days and times. Phone hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (local time), Monday through Friday. Voicemails will be returned within 24 hours, excluding weekends and holidays.

To stay informed about any updates or changes, we encourage you to take the following steps:

  • subscribe to this page using the subscription box in the upper right-hand corner of this screen;
  • subscribe to the Friends & Family Newsletter, which provides important updates and resources for those with loved ones in our facilities;
  • and subscribe to facility-specific Visiting Alerts to receive timely notifications directly related to the facility where your loved one is housed.

You'll find an FAQ section to the right that will answer many of your questions. You may also ask new questions below. Please direct other comments and concerns to DOCVisitingQuestions@doc.oregon.gov.

What is happening:

As you may know, the Department of Corrections (DOC) is facing serious budget challenges, as are all state agencies. At the same time, we remain fully committed to the safety and well-being of the adults in custody, our staff, and the public. Every day, we work to ensure critical posts are appropriately staffed and overtime is responsibly managed. Given these realities, we want to let you know about upcoming changes to visiting across all facilities.

We understand any operational changes can affect the people who are incarcerated and those who care about them, and we assure you these decisions are not made lightly. While we fully recognize the vital role visitation plays in maintaining family connections and supporting rehabilitation, DOC will be reducing the number of available visiting days in the coming months due to ongoing staffing and budget constraints. Adjusting visiting schedules is one step we are taking to help manage those pressures, balanced with maintaining safe operations, dayrooms, yard times, programming, education, and other operational needs.

Minimum custody facilities will offer visiting on weekends only. Medium custody facilities will offer visiting on two weekdays in addition to weekends.

Our values and long-term commitment:

We know this will have significant impacts to the friends and families of adults in custody. Visiting a person in prison provides meaningful benefits, not only for the incarcerated individual, but also for their family and for public safety. Maintaining strong social connections supports emotional well-being, strengthens family bonds, and plays an important role in successful reintegration into the community. Please know we are working to make this a temporary fix, and we will assess outcomes six months after implementation.

Facility Calendar

As always, please check with the individual facility where you plan to visit for any modifications to visiting days or hours. Their schedules are posted on our website, here. We will post the visiting session hours as they become available, as soon in advance as we're able. Schedules will not start changing until April 1. (with the exception of EOCI that had already established a new schedule effective March 2nd, 2026.)

Institutions understand that exceptions may be necessary when no alternative options are available for normal or professional visits—such as when a visitor cannot attend during regular hours or cannot participate by video or phone. Listed here are the institution subject-matter experts who can assist with requests for normal and professional visits outside of standard visiting days and times. Phone hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (local time), Monday through Friday. Voicemails will be returned within 24 hours, excluding weekends and holidays.

To stay informed about any updates or changes, we encourage you to take the following steps:

  • subscribe to this page using the subscription box in the upper right-hand corner of this screen;
  • subscribe to the Friends & Family Newsletter, which provides important updates and resources for those with loved ones in our facilities;
  • and subscribe to facility-specific Visiting Alerts to receive timely notifications directly related to the facility where your loved one is housed.

You'll find an FAQ section to the right that will answer many of your questions. You may also ask new questions below. Please direct other comments and concerns to DOCVisitingQuestions@doc.oregon.gov.

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Page last updated: 13 Mar 2026, 11:45 AM