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Saguaro Correctional Center

Eloy, Pinal County, Idaho

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 Idaho men out of state, with its own visiting, mail, phone, and money procedures.

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

Saguaro Correctional Center is a privately operated prison in Eloy, Arizona, run by CoreCivic. It holds men from Idaho under a contract with the Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC). The facility also holds people from other states in separate populations.

Idaho’s prison system is over capacity, and the state has transferred men out of state to relieve that pressure. As of 2026, roughly 700 Idaho men were held in Arizona at two CoreCivic prisons: Saguaro Correctional Center, the long-standing placement, and the Central Arizona Florence Correctional Complex in Florence, Arizona, a newer placement. Headcounts are reported at different points in time and have changed as the population has shifted.

IDOC describes the out-of-state transfers as temporary rather than a long-term solution, with men returned to Idaho as in-state capacity changes.

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 Idaho’s in-state prisons. The sections below describe the procedures that apply specifically at Saguaro.

Visiting at Saguaro

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

Tablet and video services can take time to be set up after a person arrives at the facility. Days, hours, and current rules can change; confirm them with the facility before traveling.

Mail

Letters are sent to the resident at the Saguaro address: 1250 East Arica Road, Eloy, AZ 85131. Address mail using the resident’s committed name and IDOC number. Money must not be enclosed with letters.

Phone, Tablets, and Money

Idaho’s communication vendors — ICSolutions for phones and ViaPath for tablets — and its money vendor, Access Corrections, generally apply to Idaho residents. Because Saguaro is operated by CoreCivic, some of these processes can differ from the in-state setup. Confirm the current phone, tablet, and deposit methods with the facility, and see the Idaho phone, video, and money guides below.

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.