It is easier than ever to find information on an inmate who is being held in the Taft Correctional Institution.

You can easily search the database, which is conveniently located on the Federal Bureau of Prisons website. You can search the database by the following pieces of information:

• Age

• Race

• Inmate’s Name

• BOP Number

• Sex

While you may not be able to pick up the phone when you want to, to talk to an inmate at the Taft Correctional Institution, you can always send them letters. Inmates can also send letters back to you as well.

The Taft Correctional Institution Federal Correctional Institution is big on keeping communication open between inmates and their families.

Inmates can receive letters, photos, and packages (with prior approval) while they are serving out their time in the Taft Correctional Institution.

To mail a letter to the inmate in the Taft Correctional Institution use the following address:

Inmate Name, ID Number

Taft Correctional Institution

1500 CADET ROAD TAFT, CA, 93268

Also, remember to put your return address on the letters.

Inmates will need money for a variety of things while they are spending their time in the Taft Correctional Institution.

For inmates to call home, buy necessities at the commissary, write home, and just live in the facility, they will need funds.

The Taft Correctional Institution gives you three different options to send funds to an inmate. You can choose to send funds through sending a money order, Western Union, or MoneyGram.

Just like sending letters, inmates can also make phone calls to people back at home. The Taft Correctional Institution allows inmates to use the telephones daily. The times may vary when they can, but they will have access.

Inmates will be responsible for paying their phone bill while they are in the facility. You will want to ensure the inmate has enough money on their account to call home.

Please Note: Until further notice, the Taft Correctional Institution is NOT allowing visitors. You can check the status of the .

The Taft Correctional Institution allows visitors to come to the facility on Saturdays, Sundays, and federal holidays. Visiting is between the hours of 8 am to 3 pm.

Inmates in the Taft Correctional Institution are given 5 visiting points every calendar month. Every visit an inmate has will cost them 1 point.

When visiting an inmate, you can have up to 5 children along with 4 adults during one single visit.

The visiting room here at the Taft Correctional Institution can comfortably hold up to 259 people at one given time.

You will also need to keep in mind as the room begins to get crowded, visitors who have been there the longest will be asked to leave to make room for the new visitors coming in.

VISITATION HOURS

• Monday

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• Tuesday

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• Wednesday

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• Thursday

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• Friday

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• Saturday

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• Sunday

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