Are visits limited to immediate family at AL DOC Therapeutic
Do u have to be immediate family to visit an inmate at an Alabama therapeutic educational program if you're coming from 3-4 hours away?
Donya Johnson
Here is a link to the AL DOC Family Handbook (page 14): http://www.doc.state.al.us/docs/PublicMaleInmateHandbook.pdf.
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Here is a link to the AL DOC Family Handbook (page 14): http://www.doc.state.al.us/docs/PublicMaleInmateHandbook.pdf. You are most likely going to have to request a "special visit" where they give provisional time extensions because of the travel. You may address the "immediate family" issue at that time.
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Accepted Answer Date Created: May 05,2015
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