Built in 1991, the Denver Reception and Diagnostic Center (DRDC) is where all CDOC inmates begin their correctional experience. At DRDC, they are assessed and classified to ensure proper placement in one of the department’s permanent facilities. DRDC also has a 62-bed transition unit, a 36-bed infirmary, a 12-bed Special Medical Needs Unit (SMNU), and approximately 96 permanently assigned inmates in general population housing, some of whom receive dialysis care at DRDC in the facility’s auxiliary Dialysis Unit. DRDC has a total bed
capacity of 570.
Warden Ryan Long
Switchboard: 303-371-4804
Physical Address:
10900 Smith Road
Denver, CO 80239
Mailing Address:
PO Box 392004
Denver, CO. 80239
- Visiting Days and Hours
DRDC offers Contact, Non-Contact, Special Visiting and Video Visiting.
In person visiting: Saturday and Sunday
Visiting Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Visitor processing hours: 8:15 a.m. - 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Video Visiting: All visitors must be approved on the inmate’s visiting list. Video Visiting can be scheduled online through Securus Technologies.Visits will be allowed from 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. daily. (kiosks are not available from 10:00 a.m. thru 11:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m. thru 4:45 p.m. & 9:15 p.m. thru 9:45 p.m.)
Visits must be scheduled by midnight day before the visit is to occur but no more than seven days in advance.
Visits are offered in 10 or 25 minutes sessions. Inmates are limited to two visiting sessions per day.- Visiting Appointments
Appointments for visiting at DRDC are required and may be arranged by calling (303) 307- 2362 or by emailing doc_drdc_visiting@state.co.us between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Appointments cannot be made more than seven days in advance. Emails received after the designated scheduling hours will be processed the next business day. Emails are for visiting appointments only and will be processed in the order they are received. A reply confirmation email will be sent once the visit has been approved or denied.
- Where/How to submit visiting applications
Visiting Applications may be obtained on our Visiting Applications page.
The application can be sent by mail or email.
Attention: Visiting Department
Denver Reception and Diagnostic Center
P.O. Box 392004
Denver, CO 80239
Email: doc_drdc_visiting@state.co.us
- Who to contact if visiting has been denied
To request reconsideration if visiting has been denied: Visiting Staff.
Visiting Phone: (303) 307-2362
Record Information: (303) 371-4804 option 7
Visiting Email: doc_drdc_visiting@state.co.us