Prison Place

(812) 265-6154
800 MSH Bus Stop Drive
Madison, IN 47250

Directions From Interstate 65 South take the Scottsburg Exit to State Road 56. Take State Road 56 East through the City of Hanover. Continue on State Road 56 to the junction of State Road 62. Turn left at the flashing light (Super 8 Motel on the corner) onto SR 62. Continue on 62 past the Clifty Falls State Park to the next light at State Road 7. Turn right at the light onto 7 South. Continue on 7 South approximately 1 mile. On your right will be the combined entrances of the Madison State Hospital, Indiana Veterans Cemetery and Madison Correctional Facility. Turn right into the drive and follow the signs to the Correctional Facility.

Visiting Visiting hours are Saturday, Sunday and Holidays 9am – 3pm. An approved visitor may visit once every 7 calendar days.

Inmates are responsible for scheduling their visits.  We will allow visits on a first come, first serve basis.  Inmates will not be called out of programs for visits.

Each inmate may place 5 names on his/her visiting list.  The inmate may request a change to his list in writing to the Jail Commander or his/her designee after 90 days.  Inmates must fill out the visiting forms completely or the visitor will not be allowed to visit.  Inmates who have difficulty completing the form may request help from the officer providing the form.  However; it is the inmate's responsibility to obtain the necessary information for the form.

A picture ID must be shown at the time of each visit.  Visitors must be on the inmate's visiting list.

Inmates are permitted three (3) visits per week, unless restricted by classification or disciplinary action.  The week begins every Sunday.

No person under the age of 18 will be permitted in the lobby during visiting. 

Any visitor that disrupts the visitation process in any manner may have their visiting rights revoked, and may result in the inmate's visiting rights being suspended as well.  Any inmate that disrupts visiting will have his/her visitation rights revoked.  Visiting rights may only be reinstated after a request is sent in writing to the Jail Commander or his/her designee.  Disruptions include, but not limited to:  loud talking or yelling, inappropriate clothing, obscene gestures or profanity, bringing children in the building during visiting, more than one person visiting.  Visiting rights may be revoked at the discretion of the Shift Supervisor.

Calendar Year 2007

Dec. 13, 2007............Our daughter had to spend 6 months at the Madison Correctional Facility last year.  We don't know much about prisons to make any comparisons, but it seemed OK, insofar as being in prison can go.  We seldom had any problems with mail, calls, or visitation.  She didn't have too many issues with any of the guards or other inmates.  At the time, it was a minimum security.  I'm assuming it still is, but things change so much you never know.  The one thing she really enjoyed was the view of the Ohio River and the hills, when they were permitted.  The visitation was in a large room, tile floors, round lunch tables, plastic chairs, and a few vending machines.  If permitted, we were allowed to go outside into a courtyard area where there were a couple of picnic tables and benches.  They had a table covered with kids' games, books, crayons, and coloring pages.  No one was ever nasty or hateful, but some were very "guard-like", down to business types.  Few were relatively friendly.