Medium/close custody (private contract prison) · Private Prison (out-of-state contract) · HI DCR

Saguaro Correctional Center

Eloy, Pinal County, Hawaii

Visiting schedules change without notice. Always call before traveling.

Call Visiting Office: (520) 464-0500 Info last verified: June 2026

A CoreCivic-run private prison in Eloy, Arizona that holds about 800 sentenced Hawaii men under contract, with its own visiting, mail, phone, and money rules.

Statewide rules that apply at HI DCR facilities

These rules are set by HI DCR and apply at every unit. The full list — including all permitted and prohibited items and the approval process — is in Visiting in Hawaii.

Dress code

Dress modestly — Hawaii facilities enforce a visiting dress code that bars revealing, sheer, or provocative clothing, beachwear, and anything resembling what inmates or staff wear; closed-toe footwear is expected.
Each facility sets and enforces its own specifics and may turn a visitor away for dressing out of code, and electronics are not allowed inside, so confirm the dress code with the facility before traveling.

ID: Every visitor must be on the inmate's approved visitor list before visiting — the inmate submits the proposed list, DCR runs a background check, and the facility approves or denies. Bring a government-issued photo ID to each visit.
What to bring: Bring only what the facility allows — most personal items are not permitted in the visiting room. Money for an inmate's account at an in-state facility is sent through GTL / ViaPath ConnectNetwork, never handed over at a visit; the Saguaro prison in Arizona uses a separate money process.
Scheduling: Hawaii has no statewide online scheduler — each facility sets its own visiting days and hours and runs its own visitation hotline, so confirm with the specific facility. Video visits are available through tablets at the in-state facilities. The neighbor-island facilities (on Maui, Kauai, and the Big Island) are reachable from Oahu mainly by air. The roughly 800 men held at the Saguaro Correctional Center in Arizona visit on that prison's schedule, with video booked through the state's mainland branch. Women are held at the Women's Community Correctional Center (Kailua).

Full statewide rules: Visiting in Hawaii

Overview

Saguaro Correctional Center is a privately operated prison in Eloy, Arizona, run by CoreCivic, a private corrections company. It holds sentenced men from Hawaii under a contract with the Hawaii Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR). The facility also holds inmates from other states in separate populations.

Hawaii has contracted for out-of-state private-prison beds since the 1990s to relieve overcrowding in its in-state facilities. About 800 Hawaii men were held at Saguaro as of April 2026, down from roughly 1,700 reported in the 2010s. Headcounts are reported at different points in time and have changed as the population has shifted.

Hawaii oversees Saguaro through DCR’s mainland branch (its non-state-facilities branch), and the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission’s oversight mandate also includes Saguaro. Lawmakers have considered proposals to begin returning Hawaii inmates from Arizona to in-state facilities, but the CoreCivic contract continues as of mid-2026.

Because Saguaro is a contracted, out-of-state facility, it runs several of its own procedures — for visiting, mail, phone, and money — that differ from the systems used at Hawaii’s in-state prisons and jails. The sections below describe the procedures that apply specifically at Saguaro.

Visiting at Saguaro

In-person visiting at Saguaro requires travel to Eloy, Arizona.

Because anyone traveling from Hawaii is well beyond 300 miles from the facility, families may request extended all-day visits, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., made about 15 days in advance. The inmate must have been disciplinary-free for 30 days to qualify for an extended visit. Special visits — for example, around a military deployment or other extraordinary circumstances — are handled case by case and are also requested about 15 days ahead.

Standard screening applies on arrival, including vehicle searches, a metal detector, and a dress code. Exact days, hours, and current rules can change; confirm them in the cited CoreCivic visitation document or with the facility before traveling.

Video and Phone

Video visits for the Hawaii population are conducted on ViaPath/GTL tablets and are offered on Saturdays, roughly 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Hawaii families schedule these video visits through the State of Hawaii mainland branch at (808) 837-8022. Hawaii does not use the ICSolutions portal for its Saguaro video visits; that portal is the scheduling path for the other states housed at Saguaro.

Phone service at Saguaro is provided by GTL (ViaPath) and billed through ConnectNetwork on a prepaid basis.

Mail

Letters are sent to the inmate by name at the Saguaro address: 1250 East Arica Road, Eloy, AZ 85131. Money must not be enclosed with letters.

The way incoming personal mail is handled at Saguaro — including whether it is opened, scanned, or photocopied — is not confirmed in the cited sources. Confirm the current mail rules with the facility before sending anything.

Sending Money (different from in-state)

Money for a person at Saguaro is not sent through ConnectNetwork, the vendor used for Hawaii’s in-state facilities. CoreCivic provides two methods.

By mail. Send a money order or cashier’s check — no personal checks and no cash — made out according to CoreCivic’s instructions, to the CoreCivic lockbox:

CoreCivic [Inmate name + commissary number] Facility: Saguaro P.O. Box 16545 Atlanta, GA 30321-0545

Do not enclose letters or photos with money.

Western Union (“Send2Corrections”). Use Code City TRUST CCA and State TN, with the recipient identified by the inmate’s commissary number and name. Payment can be made at a Western Union agent, through the Send2Corrections app, at send2corrections.com, or by phone.

The “commissary number” is a CoreCivic account number, typically 6 to 7 digits, that is different from any state ID number. The sender must use this commissary number. Confirm the exact payee wording and current instructions in the cited CoreCivic documents or with the facility before sending.

Medical

At Saguaro, medical care is provided by CoreCivic under its contract.

Learn More

For detailed information about visiting and communicating with someone at a Hawaii facility:

Visiting in Hawaii — approval process, dress code, scheduling
Mail & Packages — what you can send and what gets rejected
Phone & Video Calls — accounts, call costs, video visits
Sending Money — how to add funds to an account
Medical & Mental Health — health care in Hawaii facilities
Transfers — what happens during transfers

Sources

This page is compiled from the following publicly available sources. Policies change without notice — confirm current details with the facility before relying on them.