Prisoner Visitation and Support

PVS volunteer visitors are at the heart of our organization, as they further our mission each day in prisons across the country. By giving just one day a month to their work with PVS, they offer the invaluable gift of human contact to those left isolated by the prison system. PVS visitors are as unique as they are diverse; there is no one type of person who is drawn to the work of our organization. Visitors represent all age groups, professions, as well as educational, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Although sponsored by many religious groups, PVS visitors do not impose a particular religion or philosophy on prisoners. For many, their only common bond is the service that they provide to prisoners across the country, but this simple act unites them with a network of visitors; past, present, and future.

Prisoner Visitation and Support (PVS) is the only organization authorized by the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the Department of Defense to visit any prisoner in the Federal and Military prison systems. The primary focus is on seeing those prisoners with an acute need for human contact -- those prisoners without regular visits, those serving long sentences who are far from home, those in solitary confinement and on death row, and those who are frequently transferred from prison to prison. PVS visitors let the prisoners set the agenda for what they discuss.