Inmate Visitation

Inmate Visit Procedures & Rules

Personal Visits (Friends & Family)

Inmates at the Portage County Jail may be visited by friends and family using our video visitation system. Visitation may be conducted remotely, meaning from your home or practically anywhere else, or you may choose to visit them on-site at the Jail. In-person "face-to-face" visits are no longer conducted in order to enhance the safety, security, and efficiency of the facility.

Proper conduct and decorum are required during your visit. All non-attorney visits are subject to recording and monitoring. Any violation of jail rules or law will be prosecuted, and future visitation privileges may be lost.

• Inmate Rules Handbook.

Anywhere Video Visitation

Information regarding Anywhere Video Visitation and how to sign up is coming soon. Please check back or contact us directly.

• Anywhere visitation is available 7-days a week:
  • 8 am to 11:30 am
  • Noon to 4 pm
  • 5 pm to 8 pm

On-site Visitation at the Jail

Visitation may also be conducted at the Portage County Jail using two video visitation booths that are provided at no charge. Information regarding On-Site Visitation at the jail and how to sign up is coming soon. Please check back or contact us directly.

On-site visitation times are limited to:

• Tuesday
  Noon to 4:00 pm 
  5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
• Wednesday
  Noon to 4:00 pm
  5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
• Thursday
  Noon to 4:00 pm
  5:00 pm to 8:00 pm

There is no on-site visitation on legal holidays. All visits are subject to cancellation without notice due to the safety, security, and operational needs of the facility.

Professional Visits

"Professional visits" are those visits that are conducted by lawyers, counselors, probation agents, etc. for authorized purposes.

In-person Professional Visits

These may occur Monday through Friday from:

• 8:30 to 11:30 am
• 12:30 to 4:30 pm

Professional visits are not accepted around meal times. All visits are subject to cancellation or delay without notice due to the safety, security, and operational needs of the facility. In these cases, every effort will be made to reschedule your visit.

Please Note: Professional visits from attorneys and other professionals have now been moved from the previous "close contact" visits to a face-to-face secure "non-contact" format. This was done for the safety and security of the Jail and those individuals visiting the inmates. Professional visitors will be allowed to visit with inmates using a secure visitation booth. A document pass-through feature will be unlocked to facilitate the exchange of authorized papers as needed. Probation and Parole agents are still allowed into the facility. For everyone else, there are no longer any close contact visits allowed.

Remote Video Visitation

Information regarding Remote Video Visitation is coming soon. Please check back or contact us.

Terms & Conditions

• Participation in video and on-site visitations is a privilege, not a right. Both visitors and inmates are expected to conduct themselves in an appropriate fashion at all times during the visit. Violations of the law are subject to prosecution and/or other sanctions.
• The Portage County Jail reserves the right to deny, cancel, or terminate a visit prior to or during a session based upon visitor or inmate misconduct. The Portage County Jail also reserves the right to restrict any inmate or visitor from participating in all future use of the system.
• All non-attorney visits are recorded and subject to electronic monitoring by Portage County Jail personnel. Your use of this visitation system constitutes consent to this recording and monitoring. Visits from properly registered attorneys will not be recorded or monitored.
• Tight-fitting or provocative clothing, as well as inappropriate images, are prohibited. All parties are responsible to abide by restraining orders, "no contact" court orders, and similar restrictions.