Visiting Rules Draw Protest

Summary of New Visiting Rules

• Visiting is a privilege, not a right.
• Any prisoner with a SHU term will be restricted to visits with immediate family members and attorneys only. [immediate family = legal spouse, natural parents, adoptive parents (if adopted prior to incarceration), step-parents and foster parents, grandparents, siblings (natural, adopted, foster), children (natural/adoptive), grandchildren, and legal stepchildren]
• Prisoners with a commitment offense(s) of possession for sale, sale, and/or manufacture of a controlled substance, will not be eligible for contact visits for the first 12 months of their sentence.
• All visitors, including minors, must provide a completed CDC Form 106 (visiting application) and obtain approval from the institution/facility prior to visiting. This allows the CDC to verify the identity of all visitors and to review the arrest history of all prospective visitors including minors.
• All visitors, seven years or older, must present proof of identity when visiting (picture identification).
• Minor children under the age of seven, must present a certified copy of their birth certificate or county embossed abstract of birth.
• Prisoners may hold children on their laps during visiting; however, male prisoners may not hold children who are 7 years of age of older on their laps.
• Family visits: visitors will no longer be permitted to bring food. All food must be purchased at the institution.
• Family visits: visitors who fail to report to the visiting processing area by 11:00 a.m. without approval by the family visiting coordinator, will have the visit cancelled and their family visiting privileges will be suspended for 6 months.