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Visitor Policy

Interview with Sarah, Paul, Allan and Erik

JM: How often could you receive visitors?
Sarah: Daily Weekly Monthly
Paul: at first visitation was twice a week, an hour each time. Workers got a third hour a week, and if no one else was waiting, the guards were not strict about time
Allan: 2x a week, and they don't let you have all of your time all the time, most of the time you get cut short on time to convenience the staff.
Erik: Shast visitors could come once a week and Susanville let visitors visit weekly but you had to be screened by the prison first

JM: Was the check-in process lengthy for those who came to see you?
Sarah: yes
Paul: I am assuming it was. My wife came to see me regularly, and brought my daughter with her. She said she had to lock her purse in a locker or leave it in her car. I am reasonable sure her visits were documented, but she has never even had a traiffic citation, so I doubt she was viewed as a security risk
Allan: Yes, it was a long and demeaning process, often being treated badly by staff. Sometimes family would come from some distance and be denied visiting because of time constraints with no warning
Erik: Yes the check in at Shasta jail takes an hour and include body searches. Susanville had a lenghty written procesws for visitors and being where it is was usually someting to drive. You could overnight with a loved one and the process was lenghty.

JM: What was the visiting environment like?
Sarah: Pleasent as could be expected... I guess.
Paul: there were partitions between inmates all sitting lined up side to side. The inmates looked through safety glass at those visiting them. Communication was through old style telephone handsets on the wall. There was a recording as you picked up the receiver about the conversations being recorded for security reasons. Then after visitation was over, the inmates would make lewd jokes and lecherous comments about the wives and girlfriends of other inmates
Allan: cement and steel, not private, with other inmates that were not supposed to have access to some inmates, the trustees/ inmate workers had access all the time sometimes "bumping" other inmates out of a visit- and other inmate would stare at my family members/wife and make suggestive faces or talk shit!
Erik: Shast county was clean and had glass between you and your visitor. Susanville had a room with vending machines and no glass. It is always nice to see someone whon cares. Inmates clean and prep visiting areas. Guards supervise and inspect. Guards look for weapons and contriband left by visitors

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