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Visitor Policy

Interview with Lola, Eve, Pat, Peter, Al, Trevor and Camille

JM: How often could you receive visitors?
Lola: 3 times a week, no exceptions.
Eve: 3 times a week.
Pat: 3 times a week
Peter: Visits were limited to three per week approximatly a half hour each or an hour and a half for one that counted as the inates three
Al: we could receive visits 3 times a week for a half hour a peice and there were no exceptians to this rule
Trevor: 3 times a week for a half an hour each totaling 1.5 hrs. a week.
Camille: As often as a visitor decided to come to the jail. But I think the maximum was two or three times a week. So, one person could have up to three visits.

JM: Was the check-in process lengthy for those who came to see you?
Lola: Yes, took about 20 minutes for a 30 minute visit.
Eve: No.
Pat: sometime yes somtimes no
Peter: Very lengthy as searches were performed and ID was run to see if the person was currently on probation or the such if so was not permitted to visit ( also if warrants were on the person they were arrested on the spot)
Al: yes they were searched and had to provide id. there they sat in a waiting room for up to an hour at a time and waited till they were called upon
Trevor: yes, my wife had come in and waited for over an hour and a half before to see me. I heard of longer though. I heard of up to 2 hours.
Camille: No, I don't think so because I have done it. But, the length of the process is determined by what time a visitor arrives and how many people are there waiting to visit before your arrival. Another factor is how long it takes the prison staff to get the inmate to the visitor's area.

JM: What was the visiting environment like?
Lola: booths with phones, not good
Eve: There is a room the prisoners go in with individual little seats with a phone. Your visitor is on the other side in a similar room and you talk on a telephone.
Pat: many booths a window and a phone that was it
Peter: dirty on the inmates side of the visitor boot and appearingly cleaner on the visitor side, separated by thick 'unbreakable" glass using a telephone to to talk. There were Correction officers present to make sure inmates did not fight or argue with each other as well as the phones were monitored to make sure no illegal activity was being discussed
Al: it was all visits behind glass where in the visit you would talk on a phone and half of the time durin the visit you could hardly hear because the phones would be broken or not even work at all. all conversations would be recorded by the jail at all times
Trevor: loud and noisy very unprivate. they leave it to the inmates to clean the phone and areas they use but its not done properly so the visiting area is often called the sick cells in ycp because everyone who goes to visits usually comes back sick. so please clean it when you leave.
Camille: Two rooms, one for inmates, the other for visitors. There is a cement wall separating you from them with windows where you sit down and pick up the telephone and talk. The guards did not stay in and monitor either side during the visit. It was a cold experience thanks to the phone, but good to see a friendly face.

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