West Tennessee State Penitentiary

Visitation for general population and MSC will occur on the following days and time: 

Monday 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Saturday 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Sunday 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Holidays 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Monday night visitation is allowed only for the purpose of providing visitation privileges to inmates who are unable to visit on weekends due to work schedules or other conflicts. Inmates who visit on Saturday or Sunday will not be allowed to visit on Monday night. 

For a complete visiting schedule, please refer to the Visitation Handbook.

Visiting Applications

Click here for the Visitation Handbook to find out everything you need to know about visiting your inmate at West Tennessee State Penitentiary. Most TDOC offenders are allowed to visit with friends and family if they fill out the appropriate paperwork and follow the departmental policies and procedures.

• Policy 507.01 - Visitation (in pdf format) 
• Visitation Form (in pdf format) 
  • Guide To Submit A Visitation Form For An Adult
  • Guide To Submit A Visitation Form For A Minor

• List of Items Permitted Through Checkpoint

Mail completed applications to:

Associate Warden of Security – (please specify MSC or Site 2)
West Tennessee State Penitentiary
P.O. Box 1150
Henning, TN 38041

All visitors, regardless of age, other than attorneys and clergymen must have an approved Visitation application on file which contains a current photograph. Applications must be filled out completely and mailed to the address above. 

As noted on the Visitation application, all visitor applicants are subject to a NCIC background check. If there are any questions, concerns, complaints or referrals, please call 731-738-5044, ext. 3230 and ask for the Senior Officer. 

It takes approximately 30 days to process an application. The inmate will be notified by in-house mail whether or not his visitor is approved. If an application is disapproved, the inmate will be notified of the reason. It will be the inmate’s responsibility to notify you of the approval or denial. Any application that has been falsified shall be grounds for disapproval and the visitor will not be allowed to resubmit a visitor application for a minimum of six months. 

Dress Code

Visitors are required to dress in attire that is not provocative or offensive to others. Clothing must fit in an appropriate manner. Visitors must wear undergarments and appropriate footwear. Shorts, skirts, and dresses must be no shorter than three inches above the knee.

The following types of clothing are specifically prohibited. 

1. Spandex or spandex type garments. 

2. Any clothing that is transparent or translucent in nature. 

3. Sleeveless shirts or strapless dresses, or any clothing that exposes a bare chest, upper arms, or midriff. 

4. Backless/wraparound dresses, skirts, blouses, jackets, or other “covering” will not be permitted in order to cover these above areas. 

5. Any camouflage type attire (even just a small amount, or as an accent color). 

6. Clothing with logos that contain pictures, slogans, vulgarity, tobacco/alcohol references, or those that contain signs or symbols of any security threat groups (STG), or any clothing determined by the processing officer to be associated with any STG. The association may be made by color combinations, designs or logos affixed to the clothing, or even the manner in which it is worn. 

7. Cut off pants/shorts of any kind. No fraying is allowed. 

8. Any garment which has rips in them, manufactured that way or personalized, for example; holes in the knees or buttocks of pants, t-shirt with the neckline cut out. 

9. Bandanas of any kind.

During the winter months, visitors will be allowed to dress according to the weather; however, an excessive amount of clothing will not be tolerated. 

Picnic Area

For inmates in the MSC, the picnic area will be open on Saturdays – April, May, June, and the first half of July. It will be open on Sundays – the last half July, August, September and October.

The following items may be brought in by visitors who access the picnic area: 

a. Charcoal, self-starting only (no starting fluid allowed) 

b. Plastic utensils only 

c. Napkins, paper towels 

d. Tablecloths – not to exceed 3 inches from the table 

e. Condiments – mustard, ketchup, mayo, bar-be-que sauce, etc. (all items must be in sealed individual packets or in clear containers/bags) 

f. Tomatoes, onions, lettuce, pickles – clear containers only 

g. Dips (dip in can only) 

h. Snack cakes – individually wrapped 

i. Pies – factory sealed 

j. Potato salad, coleslaw – factory sealed 

k. All meat must be factory sealed – chicken, steak, pork, hamburger meat, hot dogs, etc.

l. Sandwich meats – sliced and factory sealed 

m. Cheese – sliced and factory sealed 

n. Bread – loaf or buns 

o. Cooler – made of styrofoam only

You can't call an inmate at West Tennessee State Penitentiary, but they do have access to phones during certain hours. For complete details on how to call an inmate in Tennessee, please click here.

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Phone

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Walk-In Cash

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Money Orders

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