Family Orientation Manual: Appendix B (Visiting Rules and Regulations)

VISITOR RULES AND REGULATIONS
FDr04/10.06

The below list of rules are taken directly from FDr04: Visiting Procedures. The Visitor has the responsibility to read the visiting policy and procedures, which shall be made available to them for review, upon request.

Visiting Regulations:

Visitation is a privilege, not a right, afforded to inmates/visitors at the Utah State Prison.
Visitors shall comply with all USP rules, policies and procedures.
Visitors are subject to search of their person, personal belongings, or vehicle upon entering the USP, or entering the visiting area. Visitation may be denied for failure to submit to such search request.
Illegal and nuisance contraband is strictly prohibited and appropriate action shall be taken.
Falsification of any visiting forms should result in a visiting suspension.
Visitors who have questions regarding the rules, regulations and procedures are responsible to ask the staff in visiting questions in order to thoroughly understand them.
Visitors not in compliance with visiting rules shall be warned and/or required to leave the visiting area.
Visiting rules apply without exception to all facilities at the Utah State Prison. In addition, due to the security problems unique to maximum-security facilities, further and more specific visiting procedures apply in those areas.
All adult visitors shall submit a renewal form annually. If it has been identified by the staff in visiting that a visitor has exceeded the 12 months without submitting a renewal form, the visiting staff shall notify the inmate or visitor. If staff in visiting have not received a renewal form within 30 days, they shall remove the visitor from the inmate’s visiting list.
All minor visitors will be automatically removed from an inmates visiting list, without notification, on the minor’s 18th birthday. It is the responsibility of the visitor or inmate to submit an adult application for prior to the minor’s 18th birthday.

General Visitor Rules:

Visitors should have access to only those areas specifically designated as visiting areas.
Visitors and Inmates should remain seated during their visit at all times, and they should remain three feet or more from any wall or door in the visiting area.
The Inmate and Visitor shall conduct themselves in a quiet, responsible manner.
Visitors shall leave promptly when the visit is over.
Visitors shall not be permitted to leave and re-enter the visiting area during a visit.
Visitors’ restroom facilities shall be off-limits to inmates.
Visitors are not permitted access to inmate restroom facilities.
Children shall not be allowed to use restrooms without supervision by the visiting parent or other approved adult.
Any visitor found in possession of nuisance or illegal contraband may have his visiting privileges suspended, restricted or revoked and his name removed from the inmate’s visiting list pending a review. Visitors with illegal contraband shall be referred to the Shift Commander and Investigations, for criminal prosecution.
Visitors with babies shall bring no more than one clear plastic baby bottle and no more than two diapers into the visiting area.
Sanitation problems caused by children shall be taken care of immediately by the visitor.
Tobacco products, matches, and lighters are prohibited in the visiting areas.
Food items (gum, candy etc.) from outside the Prison shall not be allowed.
Visitors shall not be permitted to bring pets or other animals onto Prison property. Seeing-eye dogs are permitted.
Visitors shall not be permitted to bring cameras or audio/video recording devices, cell phones or pagers into the visiting area.
Visitors shall visit with only the inmate they are approved to visit; inmates and visitors shall not visit with other visitors or other inmates during their visiting time.
Those visitors who have approval to be on more than one inmate’s visiting list, shall only visit with one inmate per visiting session. The Warden/designee shall make exceptions in writing, on a case-by-case basis.

Visitor Conduct:

Sexual conduct between inmates and visitors such as petting, fondling, prolonged kissing or bodily contact is prohibited.
Any visitor/inmate who displays inappropriate or abusive behavior, foul and abusive language, or refuses to comply with USP rules, policies or procedures, shall be denied entry into the visiting room or, if already in the visiting room, shall be required to leave the visiting area immediately.
Any visitor who exhibits characteristics that would indicate that they might be under the influence of drugs or intoxicants shall be detained and the matter referred to the Shift Commander and Investigations.
Inmates and the escorting adult visitor are responsible for the behavior of visiting children.

Visitor Dress Standard:

All attire must be conservative and conducive a family atmosphere.
All visitors shall adhere to the following visitor dress standard:

Visitors must be fully clothed.
Visitors must wear shoes or sandals.
Shorts, culottes, dresses and/or skirts, including slits in the garments, shall cover the kneecap when standing.
Buttons and zippers must remain fastened.
Adults and physically mature minor female visitors must wear a bra and undergarments.

All visitors must clear the metal detector. Visitors with medically implanted devices, which trigger the metal detector, must indicate its specific location in the body. These visitors should provide a medical card for the implanted device(s). These visitors may be asked to submit to a clothed pat search prior to the beginning of each visit.
Personal property such as purses, wallets, paper money, coats, sweaters (used as an outer garment), blankets, writing paper, writing instruments, pictures, letters, etc. are not permitted in the visiting area.
Coins for approved vending machines should be contained in a clear plastic coin purse or clear zip lock bag.
Visitors may not be permitted to bring in more than two keys (vehicle keys only). The keys should be on a small key ring.
The Department shall not be responsible for the loss of personal items brought on USP property.

Processing Visitors Entering Visiting Area:

Visitors 16 years of age and older shall present positive picture identification prior to being permitted to visit.
Visitors shall be screened with a metal detector, and must clear the metal detector, prior to visiting.
Visitors may be subject to a search (i.e. ionizer, property, vehicle search) prior to entering the Prison and/or visiting area. Visitation may be denied for failure to submit to such search request. Visitors may refuse or stop a search at any time, but shall immediately leave the Prison, and shall not be allowed to visit. Strip searches shall only be conducted under exigent circumstances and with prior approval from the Director of Institutional Operations/designee.
Visitor access should not be permitted during any scheduled visiting session if less than 30 minutes remain in the visiting session.
A maximum number of ten visitors, including minors, will be allowed to visit an inmate per visiting session.

General Visiting Times and Duration:

Visiting times shall be scheduled by the affected facility, and shall be posted in advance.
Visits shall not exceed two hours per visit per day.
Level I, and Level II inmates shall not exceed one and one-half hours per visit. Exceptions shall be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
The Inmate’s Privilege Matrix Level shall determine the number of visits allowed per week/month.
An inmate shall not exceed more than three visiting sessions per specified week, and only one visit per day.

Level I and Level II Inmate Visiting:

All other rules and regulations apply to Level I, and Level II Inmate visiting.
All visits shall be barrier visits.
Inmates and visitors shall remain seated on the chairs/benches provided during visits.
Additional rules unique for the Uinta facility include:

Visitors shall present themselves to the VDS (Vehicle Direction Station) officer for clearance to Uinta.
The VDS officer shall notify Uinta Administration Control and obtain clearance for the visitor to proceed to the Uinta gate entrance on the quarter hour.
All persons entering Uinta shall provide picture identification before access is allowed.
Visitors may lock personal items in the lockers provided. The visitor shall provide his own lock. Lockers found locked after visiting hours shall have the locks cut and the contents inspected, removed, logged and placed in evidence, and an incident report shall be filed.

Utah State Prison Orientation for Inmate Friends and Family

APPENDIX B - Visitor Rules and Regulations