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Chowchilla Family Express
Uniting families with their loved ones in prison

Free transportation for families to visit their loved ones in Valley State Prison for Women and Central California Woman's Facility in Chowchilla, California

Please call:
1-866-918-4748


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FREE TRANSPORTATION
We provide free transportation for people to visit their loved ones in the Chowchilla woman's prisons. All you have to do is call the Chowchilla Family Express (CFE) office at 1-866-918-4748, and ask for a registration form to fill out. CFE will send you a letter confirming your registration and notify you of the time and place of the bus departure.

THE BUS TRIP
The Chowchilla Express (CFE) will provide water for the trip. You need to bring food/snacks for the trip. Busses from Southern California will stop for dinner on the way home, so please bring money if you wish to purchase food. No alcohol or drugs are allowed. The bus will leave promptly from our departure location, so don't be late! Two hospitality bus leaders will ride each bus to help in any way they can to make sure you have a safe trip and good visits.

MONEY
You are welcome to bring money for the vending machines inside the prison. The maximum you can bring is $30 per adult and $10 per child. We recommend bringing one-dollar bills and quarters to avoid change machine lines.

PRISON VISITING GUIDELINES
To find out about dress codes and what you can bring into the prision, please call the prison visitor information line at 1-800-374-8474 or just click on the VISITING INFORMATION PAGE link at the top of the page. We are all suject to prison visiting guidelines.

SPECIAL SUPPORT
If you need assistance to get a birth certificate for a minor child, call the CFE office, at 1-866-918-4748 for information.


THE BUS SCHEDULE

OCTOBER
Sunday Oct. 21, 2007 Perris
Sunday Oct. 28, 2007 Santa Rosa/San Francisco/San Jose

NOVEMBER
Sunday Nov. 4, 2007 Los Angeles
Sunday Nov. 18, 2007 San Bernardino
Sunday Nov. 25, 2007 Redding/Chico/Sacramento/Stockton/Merced

DECEMBER
Sunday Dec. 2, 2007 Long Beach
Sunday Dec. 9, 2007 South Central Los Angeles
Sunday Dec. 16, 2007 Antelope Valley/Bakersfield/Visalia

JANUARY
Sunday Jan. 6, 2008 Oakland/Modesto
Sunday Jan. 13, 2008 Anaheim/ Panorama City
Sunday Jan. 20, 2008 Santa Barbara/Oxnard/Santa Clarita
Sunday Jan. 27, 2008 San Dimas/West Covina/Monterrey Park

FEBRUARY
Sunday Feb. 3, 2008 San Diego/Fresno/Madera
Sunday Feb. 10, 2008 Perris
Sunday Feb. 24, 2008 Santa Rosa/San Francisco/San Jose

MARCH
Sunday March 2, 2008 Los Angeles
Sunday March 9, 2008 San Bernardino
Sunday March 16, 2008 Chico/Sacramento/Stockton/Merced
Sunday March 30, 2008 Long Beach

APRIL
Sunday April 6, 2008 South Central Los Angeles
Sunday April 13, 2008 Antelope Valley/Bakersfield/Visalia
Sunday April 20, 2008 Oakland/Modesto
Sunday April 27, 2008 Anaheim/Panorama City

MAY
Sunday May 4, 2008 Santa Barbara/Oxnard/Santa Clarita
Sunday May 18, 2008 San Dimas/West Covina/Monterrey Park

JUNE
Sunday June 1, 2008 San Diego/Fresno/Madera
Sunday June 8, 2008 Perris
Sunday June 15, 2008 Santa Rosa/San Francisco/San Jose
Sunday June 22, 2008 Los Angeles
Sunday June 29, 2008 San Bernardino


IMPORTANT
Registering for The Chowchilla Family Express is NOT THE SAME as becoming an approved visitor. You need to complete that paperwork. To be an approved visitor you have to fill out a CDC 106 Form. The Inmate you are going to visit can tell you if you are approved. Approvals are reviewed every two years, so please be sure that you are a approved before you make the trip to Chowchilla. If you are not approved, there is nothing we can do to get you inside the prison to visit.