Ohio Admin. Code 5120:1-10-07 - Visitation

(A) (Important) There shall be is a secure secured visiting area that physically separates the prisoner inmate and visitor with capability for two-way, unobscured conversation and/or viewing through a twenty-four inch by twenty-four inch vision panel or provisions for video visitation.

(B) (Important) The visitation area shall be equipped with seating.

(C) There shall be documentation that lighting is twenty foot-candles, measured thirty inches above the floor.

(D) (C) (Important) Visitors shall be required to provide valid identification.

(E) (D) (Important) Visitors shall register upon entry into to the jail. The registry shall include the date, visitor names, prisoner inmate visited and the length of the visit.

(F) (E) (Important) The jail shall provide general visitation hours that provide prisoners inmates the opportunity for thirty minutes of visitation per week. If the jail utilizes video visitation, it will provide weekly general visitation hours that are supported by the video visitation system utilized, no less than twenty minutes per visit. A schedule of visiting hours shall be posted in prisoner inmate and visitation visitor areas.

(G) (F) (Important) Written policy and procedures shall govern contact and special visits.

(H) (G) (Important) The jail shall establish visitor security controls procedures to prevent contraband from entering the jail.

(I) (H) (Important) Visits shall be restricted only if the jail administrator jail administrator or designee determines that a visit is a threat to safety, security or the best interests interest of the jail. The jail administrator jail administrator or designee shall justify document restrictions in writing.

(J) Staff shall be prevented from listening to visitor conversations.

(I) (Important) Visits between inmates and members of the public shall be monitored and may be recorded by any means for safety and security reasons.

(K) (J) (Important) Professional visits by attorneys of record or clergy shall be permitted as dictated by the jail safety and security needs.

Notes

Ohio Admin. Code 5120:1-10-07

Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 7/7/2023 and 01/10/2028
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: 5120.01, 5120.10
Rule Amplifies: 5120.10
Prior Effective Dates: 01/02/1981, 01/01/1983, 06/01/1991, 07/01/1994, 09/21/1998, 01/01/2003, 07/01/2005, 02/16/2016

Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 1/8/2018 and 01/08/2023
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: 5120.01, 5120.10
Rule Amplifies: 5120.10
Prior Effective Dates: 01/02/1981, 01/01/1983, 06/01/1991, 07/01/1994, 09/21/1998, 01/01/2003, 07/01/2005, 02/16/2016