ALDEN — Erie County Sheriff Timothy B. Howard has ordered the Jail Management Division to alter visiting times at the Erie County Correctional Facility for the upcoming year.

The facility will add hours, as well as a whole day (Wednesday) to the visiting schedule.

“These new hours and the extra day provide families additional times to meet with their loved ones and hopefully prove more convenient to visitors as well. Visitation is important to the inmates and aids in their good behavior which in turn makes the environment safer for Deputies, Correctional Officers, staff, and inmates,” Howard explains.

The correctional facility’s schedule now mirrors the holding center’s schedule and will eliminate confusion between the facilities’ visiting schedules.

The new schedule, effective Monday, follows:

MONDAY

Morning Session:
Visitor sign-up 7:10 A.M. – 11:00 A.M.
Visiting 7:30 A.M. – 11:30 A.M.

Afternoon Session:
Visitor sign-up 12:15 pm – 2:00 P.M.
Visiting 1:00 pm – 2:30 P.M.

TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, & THURSDAY

Morning Session:
Visitor sign-up 7:10 A.M. – 11:00 A.M.
Visiting 7:30 A.M. – 11:45 A.M.

Afternoon Session I:
Visitor sign-up 12:15 P.M. – 2:00 P.M
Visiting 1:00P.M. – 2:30 P.M.

Afternoon Session II:
Visitor sign-up 3:15 P.M – 4:15 P.M.
Visiting 3:30 P.M. – 5:15 P.M.

Evening Session:
Visitor sign-up 6:00 P.M – 9:30 P.M.
Visiting 6:30 P.M – 10:30 P.M.