Just in case anyone needs info on visiting Beaumont Low, here is how it went for me.

We got into the parking lot at 8 a.m. the day before easter. I was immediately told by someone who was parked next to me that they do not let you in until 8:30. People sit in their cars and wait until 8:30. They place little markers like a soda can or a umbrella next to the garbage can to mark their spot in the order that they arrived. Sure enough they did not open the doors for us until 8:30. You go in and take a form to fill out. The form has a number on it and you are called out again according to that number. Then you fill out a form and paper clip your drivers license to it and turn it in. Then they call your name and you go back out and sign in and get a locker if you need it. Then they call your name again and you take your shoes, belt, and jewelry off and go thru the metal detectors. Then you wait again until a group of you forms and they take you into the next little room and you wait some more. Then when there is a crowd in their a guard comes and escorts you into the outer yard and to the visiting room. The visit room is a large room with rows and rows of plastic benches and little plastic tables. More like plastic coffee tables than real tables. When we got there some inmates were already there but my husband wasn't. I guess he tried to wear his tennis shoes to visitation and your not allowed to do that so he had to go back and change his shoes. The walls are lined with vending machines and you can take $20 or less in with you. There is a change machine but I would recommend that you take dollars and change because the change machine ran out.
Then the best moment arrived for me because my husband came and we were able to sit and visit and snack on vending machine stuff and watch all of the kids play. There were tons and tons of kids but not a toy in the place. My 9 year old and some other boys played catch with the lid from my son's chocolate milk. It was nice to be able to hold his hand and kiss him. There was alot of contact but everyone in the room was pretty good about being appropriate.
My visit was uneventful and I hope to go again. My 9 year old is even looking forward to going again and I had to literally force him to go with me because he was scared to go to a prison.
I hope this is useful to someone. I had a hard time getting any information at all before I went.
Take care.

Your experience sounds exactly like what we went through when we visited at Beaumont Low. The COs were always polite to us and the other visitors that I talked to in the waiting area were nice. I hated that we could only go every other Saturday due to the even/odd schedule, but other than that it wasn't bad.

Thanks so much for the info. We finally get to see our son Nov 9th. First contact visit with him since his sentencing. We are so excited.