Persons who are under the influence of
alcohol, drug(s), controlled substance(s), or who are unruly in any manner for any reason,
will not be allowed to visit and be required to leave the premises. Abuse will result in
that person's permanent removal from the visiting list and may result in criminal
prosecution.
This is a tobacco-free facility. All tobacco
products brought onto facility property must remain in the visitors' parking lot and must
be secured inside a vehicle. Tobacco and lighting materials are contraband and will be
subject to confiscation.
Physical contact between inmates and their
visitors is limited to a kiss and embrace at the beginning and the end of the visit. Such
displays of affection must be kept within the bounds of acceptable social behavior. During
the course of a visit, all other contact is limited to hand-holding.
Children of any age must be kept orderly and
under control by the inmate and/or visitor(s) at all times. Failure to do so may result in
termination of that visit. Small children may be held in the lap of a visitor or the
inmate.
At no time will anything be passed
between a visitor and an inmate. If visitors or inmates are found passing items of any
kind, the visit will be terminated and the visitation privilege may be suspended
indefinitely.
The Visiting Room Officer will assign
seating for the inmate and visitor(s). Once seated, there will no changing seats without
the permission of the Visiting Room Officer.
Neither inmates nor visitors of any age will
be loud, boisterous, unruly, or disruptive during visits.
Violation of visitation rules and directives
may result in the termination of the visit, with the possibility of visiting privileges
being suspended or permanently revoked.
Any visitor found in possession of
contraband of any kind will be interviewed by the Shift Commander. The visitor's
visitation privileges may be suspended up to six (6) weeks and a determination will be
made concerning whether or not to file criminal charges against him/her. Once such a
six-week suspension has been completed, the inmate and visitor will be allowed non-contact
visitation for a period of another six (6) weeks. At the completion of that six-week
period, regular contact visitation will be granted. If the visitor and/or inmate again
violate the visitation rules, their visitation will be permanently revoked.
All inmates and visitors are expected to
treat other inmates, visitors, and staff in a respectable manner.
Visitors may have in their possession a
small amount of bills/coins to purchase items from vending machines on the premises.
Denominations larger than a one-dollar bill ($1.00) are not permitted in the visiting room
area. Inmates may not handle money or operate the vending machines. All food and beverages
purchased in the visiting room must be consumed inside the visiting area.
Any inmate found with contraband from
visitation, or if it is found that contraband was brought in to them through visitation,
will have all his/her visitation privileges suspended for a period of six (6) weeks, and
will lose for an indefinite period of time visitation privileges with the visitor(s) at
the time of that particular visit.
Any question about these or any other aspect
of inmate visitation at MDF should be asked by calling 615-835-0146 before the
planned visit.