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Visitor Policy

Interview with Bill, Rochelle, Joyce, Mikey, Eric, Kirk, Janelle and Claudia

JM: How often could you receive visitors?
Bill: Once a week, on a day specified by the first letter of your last name, for a maximum of 2 hours
Rochelle: Every Sunday
Joyce: I could receive visitors twice a week for 3 hours but if someone came the first day I was allowed visitors, I could not have anymore. So I guess that was a lie
Mikey: 2 times a week for 30 minute durring the week and 45 on weekends nothing else
Eric: If I remember correctly, I could receive visitors twice weekly. The one time I was in jail for 10 days, I was too embarrassed to tell my friends where I was so they could come. My parents and sister were the only ones I really wanted to see. They were wonderful - and non-judgmental!
Kirk: You are only allowed one visit per week for twoo hours on your appointed day.
Janelle: Once a week I believe. With two people at a time if I remember right
Claudia: We could receive visitors weekly at this facility, I believe on Wednesdays. There were family members who waited to see their loved one.

JM: Was the check-in process lengthy for those who came to see you?
Bill: Usually about 30 minutes. Check-In process includes warrant check, outstanding case check (bonded out inmates or individuals with a pending charge in another court are not allowed to visit)
Rochelle: Yes
Joyce: From what I was told it was not. They had to have id and they could not have a cell phone, all personal items were locked up in a locker that they had to pay for.
Mikey: i think so that and from what i am told it is very invasive as well but how long on average i dont know i have never been on the other side of the glass
Eric: Unfortunately I don't really know what kind of check-in process folks are subjected to. However, since 9/11/2001, I'm sure it's more time consuming and thorough than it was in years gone by.
Kirk: I dont know much of the process, but those who came to see me said that sometimes it could take up to thirty minutes to get in to see me.
Janelle: I heard that is was. There is usually a lot of visitors coming at once and they are very strict with screening the visitors in
Claudia: I don't know whether the process was lengthy, but I believe it was. I only received one visit, my mother. I think she had to wait for a long time.

JM: What was the visiting environment like?
Bill: Room with 6 stations. Glass separated with telephone handsets for communication. Room often echoed really bad making it difficult to hear. If you happen to have other inmates in visits as well, it's very hard
Rochelle: Chairs at tables that seat 4
Joyce: It was cold. There were about 4 individual rooms linked to each other side by side and were encased by clear glass. There was 2-3 metal stools in there for the visitors to sit on and we spoke over a phone. There was no touching or passing of any items
Mikey: very small and very desolate it made you feel like your were visiting for you last meal and not to mention all the other inmates staring at your family or girlfriend can start fight and other problems you made this field too long too much to fill it up wow
Eric: The visiting experience was terrible. The visitor has to stay in an adjoining room and can only talk to you through a very thick glass partition (about face-sized). Talking on Skype over the internet feels more personal and less frustrating. When you see a loved one on the other side of that glass, you start really hating yourself for getting into trouble and causing this separation!
Kirk: The visits were cramped all the time. The phone you had to talk into hardly ever worked. It was hard to talk to someone without having to listen to someone elses conversation. It is one of the worst experiences ever trying to talk to a loved one with other people yelling at each other.
Janelle: It was a small room with about 6 windows with phones attached. Every body can hear every body else's convo. They had stools and not much else in the visitor rooms. There is a guard that can look into the room. Also I believe those convos are recorded as well
Claudia: The visiting environment was in a separate room, if you could call it that. There were five booths with dirty, scratched plexiglass. There were telephones on both sides of the glass. We talked on the phone to our visitor. It was very loud because there were babies and children. It was very impersonal and cold and hard to hear.

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