After driving 2 1/2 hours to Corcoran SATF I go into the processing center and sit for 1 hour to be processed. They finally call my name and they hit me with a blow! "Sorry Danielle, you cant visit today, you needed to make an appointment." I tried to call Thursday and Friday to find out cause I knew my man's yard was on lockdown, but to my dismay they could only have behind the glass visits! :ha: :ha: :ha: I'm so sad!

That SUX!!!!!! I'm so sorry... I always worry that's gonna happen at Delano, too. Hope you can get that appointment and go soon.

Well I would rather wait till they get off of lockdown completly and have a contact visit instead of driving 2 1/2 hrs for a 1 hr visit! I hope its soon or else I will be making a appointment!

Any idea when the lockdown ends?

I wanted to add that I'm always afraid of the same thing -- I drive 4 hours and I think what if they're on lockdown when I get there? I've seen it happen in other yards and people leave the visiting room in tears. California is so crazy with these constant lockdowns... I hear you on the contact visit! Worth waiting for!

I am sorry. That stinks. BUT--I read in one of your recent posts that things are going really well right now, so at least it's a good time for this to happen, if there is one. I hate it when there is something that is bugging me and I can't talk to him. Hope you get to go again soon.

That is very frustrating I'm sure...Hang in there and wait for that contact visit!!!

I'm so sorry to hear that. I hope you get to see him soon. I have to drive 5 hours to see my fiance here in Florida and so far I've been lucky he hasn't been in lock down when I got there. It's been either way before I come or like now a few days after I left. But I have seen family members wait for checked in then sit in the visiting area for a while only to be told that thier man is in lock down. Some of them have quit a drive to get there as I do. It's not fair. I haven't visited going on a little over 3 months now and hopefully with good behavior he will be out of the box in July!! Hang in there, it's gotta get better, right? :) Spikeswife

You know what i dont understand is why you cant call and they will tell you if everything is ok... Now yes, there is always the possibility of them going on lockdown between the time you leave your house and the time you get to the prison, but, I dont see why they tell you "We cant give you that information".. when you call and ask if visits are going as planned.... or if your loved one may or may not be on lockdown... just seems to me that would help alot.

Man, that sucks!!!! I'm always a paranoid freak when I'm driving to visit. It's a 4 hour drive and I'm always thinking a million "what if's".... what if I don't get in, what if he's in the hole, what if my name's not on his list anymore, what if they changed the schedule and I didn't know? Some of those are valid what if's because they happened before. One time, I drove almost 6 hours to find out that they had taken him to the hole 20 MINUTES before I got there!!! Another time, my name "mysteriously" disappeared off of his visit list after his counselor and I had it out on the phone.

It would be nice to get a LITTLE cooperation sometimes, especially since we're coming from so far away.

Sorry to hear you did'nt get to visit your honey! I live about 2 1/2 hour drive from where he is. I am thinking all the way down there the same things and inbetween our visits my mind plays so many tricks on me. I always wondering what if's. What if he changes his mind about us or what if he does'nt want to coime to the visiting room when it takes a little longer than usual. And I get so nervous when I get ready to sign in I can't hardly write my information. Am I alone on this. And does anyone go crazy thinking about how long it will be until they get their parole or discharge and wonder if your love will last through it all? I know inside that ours will, but my mind always working on me inbetween our visits and phone calls. My phone got blocked because I went over the approved usage amount of 100.00. But after April 23, 2004 they said that they would take the limit off because I have been a good payor. Could anyone give me any encouragement! How do you cope when you feel that way. My baby has 8 more years until his parole hearing! But he does get 45 extra days amonth on level 4 knocked off his time each month.So he gets 75 days a month depending on how many days there are in the month. :fb: