Prisoner Visitation & Support

Volunteers visit people incarcerated in federal and military prisons across the U.S. During the pandemic, when visiting has been severely curtailed, volunteers are writing letters instead. Visitors are trained through both PVS and the Bureau of Prisons, and commit to visiting/writing 3-5 people at least monthly, and make a two-year commitment to PVS.

Prisoner Visitation and Support is a nationwide network of volunteer visitors to prisoners in federal and military prisons throughout the United States. We visit prisoners who want and need visits, giving priority to those who do not ordinarily receive visits from family and friends, are serving long sentences, are in solitary confinement, or are on death row. Our purpose is to provide prisoners with regular face-to-face contact from the world outside of prison to encourage personal growth, help them cope with prison life, and help them prepare  for a successful re-entry into society. Our vision is to recruit and train qualified visitors to satisfy all requests for visits by prisoners in every federal and military prison.