SOP_NUMBER: 227.05-att-6
TITLE: GDC Attorney Visitation Request Form
REFERENCE_CODE: IIB01-0005
DIVISION: Facilities Management
TOPIC_AREA: 227 Policy-Facilities Conditions of Confinement
EFFECTIVE_DATE: 2018-02-21
WORD_COUNT: 138
POWERDMS_URL: https://public.powerdms.com/GADOC/documents/310465
URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/227.05-att-6/

SUMMARY:
This form is used by attorneys to request in-person visits with incarcerated offenders in Georgia Department of Corrections facilities. Attorneys must submit the form at least 24 hours in advance and indicate the purpose of the visit, which must involve an existing or newly forming attorney-client relationship. The Warden or Superintendent may approve special visits in extraordinary circumstances where legal needs cannot be addressed through mail or phone communication.

KEY_TOPICS: attorney visits, legal visitation, attorney-client visits, in-person attorney meeting, visitation request, legal representation, offender legal services, facility visitation procedures, attorney access, inmate legal counsel

ATTACHMENTS:
  1. Offender Visitation Register
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/227.05-att-1/
  2. Application for Visitation Privilege
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/227.05-att-2/
  3. Offender Visitation Room Log
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/227.05-att-3/
  4. GCIC/NCIC Consent Form for Visitors of GDC Facilities
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/227.05-att-4/
  5. Facility/Center Visitation List
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/227.05-att-5/
  6. GDC Attorney Visitation Request Form
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/227.05-att-6/

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SOP 227.05
Attachment 6

2/21/18


GDC Attorney Visitation Request


Offender’s Name: _______________________________________

GDC # ______________________________

Facility: ______________________________

Attorney’s Name: _______________________________________

Bar Number: ____________________ State of Membership: ____________

Phone: _____________________ Email: ___________________________

Date Requested: _____________________ Time: __________________
(Please note that the GDC’s standard operating procedure requires at least 24 hours-notice.)

Purpose of Visit:

_____  The offender has an attorney-client relationship with me.

_____  The offender is attempting to establish an attorney-client relationship with me.

_____  Other (Please note that the GDC’s standard operating procedure only allows attorney visits
for the reasons noted above. However, the Warden, Superintendent or designee may consider
granting a special visit in extraordinary circumstances in which the offender’s legal need cannot
be addressed by mail or phone):

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

____________________________ __________________
Attorney’s Signature Date


Retention Schedule: Upon completion, this attachment shall be placed in the offender’s institutional file and
maintained according to the official retention schedule for offender institutional files.