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Pocatello Women's Correctional Center

Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho

Visiting schedules change without notice. Always call before traveling.

Call Visiting Office: (208) 236-6360 Info last verified: June 2026

Idaho's women's reception and diagnostic center in Pocatello, holding women at all custody levels and serving as the statewide women's intake point.

Statewide rules that apply at Idaho DOC prisons

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

Dress code

Dress modestly — Idaho facilities enforce a visiting dress code that bars revealing, sheer, or provocative clothing, gang-related items, and anything resembling what residents or staff wear.
Each facility may turn away a visitor who is dressed out of code, and electronics are not allowed inside, so confirm the specific facility's rules before traveling.

ID: Every visitor must be on the resident's approved visiting list before visiting — the resident requests an application, the visitor mails it to the institution, and approval usually takes about two to four weeks after a background check. 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 a resident's account is sent through Access Corrections, never handed over at a visit.
Scheduling: Idaho has no statewide online scheduler for in-person visits — each facility sets its own visiting days and hours, so confirm with the specific institution. Men enter the system through the Reception and Diagnostic Unit at the Idaho State Correctional Institution (Kuna); women through the Pocatello Women's Correctional Center. Residents held out of state at the CoreCivic prisons in Arizona (the Saguaro Correctional Center and the Central Arizona Florence Correctional Complex) apply through an online form and visit on that prison's schedule.

Full statewide rules: Visiting in Idaho

Overview

Pocatello Women’s Correctional Center (PWCC), at 1451 Fore Road in Pocatello, holds women at all custody levels and operates the statewide women’s Reception and Diagnostic Center — the intake point for women entering Idaho’s prison system. It was the first Idaho facility designed specifically for women, opening in 1994.

Women enter the Idaho prison system through the Reception and Diagnostic Center here. Programs at the facility include vocational work, education, and pre-release and work-release programs.

PWCC is the designated facility for the one woman in Idaho under a death sentence; the state’s execution chamber is at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution in Kuna, not here.

Visiting

The statewide Idaho DOC visiting rules — the approved visitor list, the application and approval process, the dress code, ID, and item limits — apply at Pocatello Women’s Correctional Center. The facility’s own arrangements:

The full approval process is in Visiting in Idaho.

Getting There

Pocatello is in eastern Idaho, a substantial distance from the cluster of Idaho prisons in the Boise area.

Communicating

Idaho DOC does not use an off-site mail vendor. Incoming personal mail goes directly to the facility, where it is inspected before delivery. Address personal mail with the resident’s committed name and IDOC number, the facility name, and the facility address:

[Resident’s full name and IDOC number] Pocatello Women’s Correctional Center 1451 Fore Road Pocatello, ID 83204

Phones run through ICSolutions, and residents use ViaPath tablets for tablet services and messaging. Details on setting up accounts and call costs are in Phone & Video Calls, what you can send by mail is in Mail & Packages, and how to add funds is in Sending Money.

Learn More

For detailed information about visiting and communicating with someone at an Idaho prison:

Visiting in Idaho — 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 a resident’s account
Medical & Mental Health — health care in Idaho prisons
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.