It is easier than ever to find and locate an inmate in the Minsec - Chester. You can do so by going to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections website to locate the inmate database.

You can search the inmate database by either the inmate’s number or the inmate’s first and last name.

Inmates in the Minsec - Chester loves to receive letters from their loved ones back home.

You are permitted to send an inmate a letter. However, when sending a letter, you will need to refrain from the following:

• Usage of Crayons

• Drawings

• Suggestive Talks

• Glitter

• Tape

• Staples

Prior to sending an inmate in the Minsec - Chester a letter, you will need to verify with them what unit they are in as the Minsec - Chester has two units.

Once you find out the correct unit, you can make out the letter to one of the following mailing addresses below:

Minsec - Chester

Unit

Inmate Name, ID Number

201 East 12th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19013-5961

For you to visit or even be able to talk to an inmate here at the Minsec - Chester on the phone, you will be required to fill out the following application.

When you fill out this application, you will be required to send in a $25 money order to pay for your background check.

This application can take 4 to 6 weeks for the facility to fully process the app and approve you. Until you are approved, you will not be permitted to talk or visit an inmate.

Once you are approved, you will have phone privileges for the inmate, and they can call you during the allotted phone usage times.

If you have been approved to visit an inmate, you will automatically be able to visit right away. If you haven’t been approved, or haven’t filled out the application, you will need to do so prior to being permitted to come on to the campus.

You can even visit an inmate here at the Minsec - Chester on Saturdays, Sundays, and even federal holidays between the hours of 8:30 am to 3:30 pm.

For non-contact visits, you will be permitted to come and visit on Tuesdays and Thursdays between the hours of 8 am to 3:30 pm. Keep in mind that inmates will be permitted to have 2 hours of visitation.

If the inmate you are visiting is in the Detention unit, their visitation hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 am to 3:30 pm. These inmates are only permitted to have 1 hour of visitation.

While special visitation will happen daily from 8 am to 3 pm.

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

  9:00 AM to 3:00 PM

• Sunday

  9:00 AM to 3:00 PM