Virginia Department of Corrections: What Families Need to Know (2026)
Virginia's visiting rule is statewide, which makes planning simpler: visits run on Saturdays, Sundays, and state holidays, with general population visits from 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. in two-hour blocks, at least one visit per seven days, scheduled through the ViaPath (GTL) scheduler. The guide covers correctional centers, units, work centers, CCAP sites, and secure medical facilities under Director Joseph W. Walters, and it asks visitors to check VADOC's Visitation page for cancellations and updates.
Because facility-specific times live on VADOC's Visitation page rather than in one statewide list, the guide gives you the address, phone number, and warden or superintendent for each site so you can confirm before traveling. Mail for some sites goes to a P.O. Box: for example, Buckingham Correctional Center's mail goes to P.O. Box 430 in Dillwyn, and Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women, led by Warden Eva Moore, takes mail at P.O. Box 1000 in Troy. The department's central office is at P.O. Box 26963, Richmond, VA 23261-6963, and its main office number is (804) 674-3000.
One habit the guide repeats for every facility is worth keeping: call the facility to confirm before you travel, since schedules change. That single call can save a long trip that ends at a closed visiting room.
Full guide: https://8a1c6da4-9eeb-47b4-b576-ee932f459420.usrfiles.com/ugd/de0afa_d4c9c2bd93e4400f94d3562111e8ee42.pdf
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