Florida Prison Visitation Form DC6-111A: Filing, Notary, and Approval

To get on an inmate’s approved visitor list in Florida, you complete the Florida prison visitation form DC6-111A (Request for Visiting Privileges), fill in every line honestly, and send it to the classification department at the specific facility where the inmate is housed. The Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) then runs a background check and decides within roughly 30 days.¹ The two forms in play are DC6-111A itself and DC6-111B, a companion summary of visitor rules that the inmate typically mails out with it.²

Getting the Form

The inmate is issued up to 15 copies of DC6-111A along with DC6-111B to mail to the people they want on their list.² If you did not receive one, you can download both forms from the DOC’s public website.¹

One timing point matters before you start writing anything down: if the inmate is still going through the reception process after sentencing, you cannot apply yet. Wait until they are assigned to a permanent facility.¹

Filling Out DC6-111A

The form asks for your full legal name, date of birth, address, employment information, relationship to the inmate, and a disclosure of your criminal history, including arrests, convictions, and any current supervision status.

Fill in every single line. Where a question does not apply to you, write “NA” instead of leaving it blank. An empty field looks like a missed question, and the DOC treats incomplete applications as grounds for denial.¹

Be thorough and honest about your background. The DOC will run its own criminal history check, and a mismatch between what you wrote and what the check reveals will count against you. Providing false information is one of the factors that pushes a decision toward denial, along with being on active probation or parole and having outstanding warrants.

When You Need a Notary

Most applicants do not need to have anything notarized. Notarization is required in two situations: when an adult who is not the child’s parent or legal guardian will be escorting a minor to the visit, and when the inmate retains legal custody of a child and must authorize someone else to bring that child. In those cases, the notarized authorization also has to be brought to the facility on visiting day.³

Where to Send the Application

Send your completed DC6-111A to the classification department at the specific institution where the inmate currently lives. You have two options:²

U.S. Mail to the classification department at the inmate’s facility. The mailing address is in the DOC’s online Statewide Facility Directory.
Email to the institution’s visitation email address, also listed on the DOC website, with the completed form attached.

Do not send the form to a central DOC office or to the wrong prison. Applications go to the facility where the inmate is housed, and misrouting will delay everything.

What Happens After You Submit

Processing takes roughly 30 days once the classification department receives your application. The DOC notifies the inmate of the decision, and the inmate then contacts you by phone or letter to tell you whether you were approved.¹

A criminal record does not automatically disqualify you. The classification officer weighs the seriousness of the offense, how long ago it happened, and your relationship to the inmate, using a standardized scoring tool called the Visitor Screening Matrix (Form DC6-111D). A decades-old misdemeanor carries far less weight than a recent felony conviction.⁴

If your application is denied, you should receive a letter explaining the reason. Read it carefully. If the denial rests on outdated or incorrect information, you can address the issue and reapply. Visitors whose privileges were previously suspended for longer than six months must submit a new DC6-111A to be reconsidered.

Who Can Be Approved

Each inmate’s visiting record holds up to 15 approved visitors aged 12 or older, and no more than five of those slots can go to non-family members.⁵ Visitors whose privileges are suspended still occupy a slot. If the list is already full, you will not be added even if you would otherwise qualify.

Children under 12 do not count toward the 15-person limit and do not need to submit an application. Once a child turns 12, they must file their own DC6-111A before visiting again.²

After You’re Approved

Approval alone does not get you through the door. Every visit has to be scheduled in advance through the DOC’s online visitation scheduling system, and requests must be submitted on the Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday of the week before your desired visit date. Walk-in visits are not allowed.⁶

Regular visitation runs Saturdays and Sundays from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time (8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Central Time). Parking lots open at 7:30 a.m. ET and registration starts at 8:15 a.m. ET. No one is processed for entry after 2:00 p.m. ET.⁶ The warden can reduce or suspend visiting hours for security reasons, and individual inmates may have restricted visitation due to disciplinary sanctions, so check with the facility before making the trip.

Every visitor aged 16 or older must present a valid photo ID at registration.¹ The list of items you can bring inside is short and strictly enforced, and the facility applies a detailed dress code; review both on the DOC’s visiting information page before you go, because staff will turn you away at the gate for violations.³

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Florida Department of Corrections. Visiting Information
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Legal Information Institute. Florida Administrative Code R 33-601-715 – Visitation Application Initiation Process
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Legal Information Institute. Florida Administrative Code R 33-601-725 – Permissible Items for Visitors
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Legal Information Institute. Florida Administrative Code R 33-601-718 – Review of Request for Visiting Privileges
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Legal Information Institute. Florida Administrative Code R 33-601-716 – Visiting Record Management
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Legal Information Institute. Florida Administrative Code R 33-601-722 – On-Site Visitation