New York Codes, Rules and Regulations (NYCRR)
Title 9 Part 7008
Executive Department
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9 NYCRR 7008.1 - Policy
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(a)All prisoners confined in local correctional facilities are entitled to receive periodic visits.
(b)Consistent with the requirements of this Part, visits shall be permitted upon the request of a prisoner or a prospective visitor with the prisoner's consent.
9 NYCRR 7008.2 - Visiting area
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(a)A visiting area of sufficient size to meet the requirements of this Part shall be established and maintained in each facility.
(b)The visiting area shall be designed so as to allow physical contact between prisoners and their visitors.
9 NYCRR 7008.3 - Availability of visits
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(a)Except as provided in Part 7006 of this Title, each prisoner shall be entitled to at least two hours of visitation each week. Each visit shall be at least 30 minutes.
(b)The chief administrative officer shall establish and publish a schedule of visits to ensure that each inmate has the opportunity for at least two visits per week.
(c)Prisoners shall be permitted to visit with more than one visitor at the same time, with the maximum number of visitors to be determined by the chief administrative officer.
9 NYCRR 7008.4 - Initial visit
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Each prisoner shall be entitled to receive a noncontact visit within 24 hours after his admission to a facility and arrangements shall be made to ensure the initial visit, upon the prisoner's request.
9 NYCRR 7008.5 - Visitor identification and registration
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(a)Consistent with the requirements of this Part, any properly identified person shall, with the prisoner's consent, be permitted to visit that prisoner.
(b)As used in this section, the term properly identified person shall mean a person who presents adequate proof as to his identity.
(c)Each visitor shall be required to provide the following information to facility staff:
(1)his name;
(2)his address;
(3)the date;
(4)the time of entry;
(5)the name of the prisoner or prisoners to be visited; and
(6)the time of exit.
(d)A prospective visitor who is under 18 years of age may be restricted from visiting a prisoner if he is not accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, or the chief administrative officer may require a prospective visitor under 18 years of age not accompanied by a parent or legal guardian to provide written permission from a parent or legal guardian approving such visit. Oral permission from a parent or legal guardian may be acceptable in the discretion of the chief administrative officer. A prospective visitor under 18 years of age shall be required to provide the following information to facility staff, in addition to the information required by subdivision (c) of this section:
(1)his age; and
(2)the name, address and telephone number of his parents or legal guardian.
9 NYCRR 7008.6 - Contact visits
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(a)Physical contact shall be permitted between a prisoner and his visitors.
(b)Prisoners and their visitors shall be required to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with reasonable standards of public decency.
9 NYCRR 7008.7 - Visitation security and supervision
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(a)All prisoners, prior and subsequent to each visit, may be searched solely to ensure that they possess no contraband.
(b)All prospective visitors may be searched solely to ensure that they possess no contraband.
(c)Personal effects, including but not limited to handbags or packages possessed by any prospective visitor, shall be searched or checked with the visiting area supervising officer.
(d)A search of the visiting area shall be conducted prior and subsequent to each visiting period.
9 NYCRR 7008.8 - Limitation of visitation
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(a)Consistent with the requirements of this Part, the visitation of a prisoner with a particular visitor may be denied, revoked or limited only when it is determined that such visitation would cause a threat to the safety, security or good order of the facility or the facility or the safety, security or health of the prisoners.
(b)Contact visits as provided for in section 7008.6 of this Part may be denied, revoked or limited only when it is determined that such visits constitute a threat to the safety, security or good order of a facility. Should a determination be made to deny, revoke or limit a prisoner's contact visits, alternative arrangements for affording the prisoner visits shall be made, including but not limited to noncontact visits.
(c)Any determination to deny, revoke or limit a prisoner's visitation pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) of this section shall be made by the chief administrative officer in writing, and shall state the specific facts and reasons underlying such determination. A copy of this determination shall be given to any person affected by the determination.