Facility Visitation Information

A special visit is any request to visit outside the assigned times. Only the facility head or designee can approve these visits. Special visits and attorney visits will occur on Monday and Thursday.

Each facility allows special visits, which include:

• Visitors traveling long distances.
• Volunteers or re-entry partners approved by staff.
• Visits to hospitalized inmates.
• Disciplinary status visits (attorney/clergy only).
• Meetings between clergy and social service representatives.

Ministerial visits, as defined in OP-030112 (Religious Programs), must be professional and for inmates with whom they have a ministerial relationship. These visits must be scheduled in advance unless an emergency occurs.

Legal visits will be in accordance with OP-030118.

Visits for terminally ill inmates follow OP-140146 (Palliative Care Program).

General Rules

• Visitors must follow all ODOC rules.
• Only identification, car key and coins for vending machines are allowed.
  
• Personal items must be secured; no electronic devices are allowed.
• Visitors and inmates may share a brief hug and kiss at the start and end of the visit, but excessive physical contact or sexual activity is prohibited.

Prohibited Items and Behavior

• No contraband, including cell phones, alcohol, weapons, drugs, or paperwork.
• Any attempt to introduce prohibited items may result in loss of visiting privileges or legal action.
• Disruptive behavior or failure to follow facility rules will lead to visit termination.

Rule Violations and Consequences

• First violation: Temporary restriction (90–180 days).
• Second violation: Temporary restriction (180–365 days).
• Third violation: Permanent ban (can only be overturned by a regional administrator).

Violating these rules and others may result in loss of visitation privileges on the first offense, based on the seriousness of the violation:

• Aiding and abetting an escape.
• Bringing weapons onto state property.
  
• Bringing contraband into a facility.
  • Cellular phones/accessories/electronic devices.
  • Tobacco, tobacco products, drugs or alcohol.
    
• Assaulting (physical or verbal) any staff, inmate or other visitor.

Search Procedures

• All visitors and belongings are subject to searches, including pat-downs and metal detectors.
• Canine drug detection may be used, and multiple alerts can result in visitation restrictions.

For full visitation conduct, violation and sanction details, refer to OP-030118C.

Maximum Security

• Level 1: Up to one hour non-contact per week.
• Level 2: Up to two hours per week.
• Level 3: Up to three hours per week.
• Level 4: Up to four hours per week.

Minimum Security

• Level 1: Up to one hour non-contact per week.
• Level 2: Up to four hours per week.
• Level 3: Up to six hours per week.
• Level 4: Up to eight hours per week.

Medium Security

• Level 1: Up to one hour non-contact per week.
• Level 2: Up to two hours per week.
• Level 3: Up to four hours per week.
• Level 4: Up to six hours per week.

Community Corrections

An inmate assigned to community corrections may visit no more than eight hours per week. Inmates assigned to community contract facilities (halfway house) may visit no more than 16 hours per week.