Federal Detention Center (FDC) in Houston

(1) Social Visiting - As stated in Section 3.C. and depicted in Attachment A, social visiting occurs
on a rotating basis, according to the unit to which the inmate is assigned.
Sun. 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.* 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Mon. 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Tues No Social Visiting
Wed. No Social Visiting
Thurs. 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Fri. 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Sat. 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.* 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Holiday 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.* 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
* Weekend and holiday visiting for work cadre and female inmates is one continuous
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. visiting session.
(2) Legal Visiting:
Sun. 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Mon. 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Tues. 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Wed. 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Thurs. 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Fri. 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Sat. 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Holiday 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
(3) Visitor Processing:
The processing of visitors will begin thirty minutes prior to the scheduled visiting
session except for weekends and holidays, when it will begin one hour prior to the
session. Visitor processing will end one hour before the end of the visitation period.
Scheduled inmate counts occur on a daily basis at 4:00 p.m., and at 10:00 a.m. on
weekends and federal holidays. During this time, all movement in the institution
ceases. The actual processing of visitors into and out of the Visiting Room will be
suspended 30 minutes prior to the count. Movement of legal visitors resumes upon
verbal count confirmation, whereas the movement of social visitors and inmates
resumes after written count confirmation. Counts require approximately 30-40 minutes
to complete. Accordingly, visitors must take this institution activity into consideration
when planning to initiate and conclude visit