Or. Admin. Code § 291-127-0480 - Security Screening
(1)
Visitors must be processed through a security checkpoint to access the visiting
area within all Department of Corrections facilities. Security employees screen
all visitors and search any authorized hand-carried items.
(2) Lockers may be provided for visitor use
to store purses, carrying cases, or other personal items until the visit is
over.
(3) Visitors are encouraged
to let employee know of any personal needs or concerns due to religious or
cultural considerations, disability, or other medical reasons.
(4) Any visitor who exhibits indication of
use or appears to be under the influence of alcohol, marijuana, narcotics, or
other intoxicants shall not be permitted to visit.
(5) Processing may require the removal of
shoes, jackets, sweaters, suspenders, belts or other accessories for closer
inspection or separate processing of the item.
(6) Excessive jewelry, areas of the body that
have body piercings or undergarments with metal clasps or adjusters often alarm
metal detectors and may delay or even prevent visiting. Visitors may be asked
to remove body piercings or excessive jewelry to expedite the screening
process.
(7) For security purposes,
initial screening of visitors will be done by metal detector. For most
visitors, successfully completing the scan by metal detector and the related
inspection of clothing and authorized personal items will alleviate the need
for additional screening.
(a) At facilities
equipped with a functioning walk-through metal detector, all visitors must
successfully pass through the detector unless a visitor has a documented
medical condition or disability that would prevent the visitor from passing
through the detector.
(b) At
facilities without a functioning walk-through metal detector, a hand-wand type
of metal detector may be used.
(8) Additional screening will occur when a
metal detector alarms, a visitor is selected for additional screening, or the
visitor has provided documentation to substantiate a condition that prevents
successful screening by metal detector. Additional screening may include:
(a) A hand-wand inspection in conjunction
with a clothed search of the visitor's body, including the torso;
(b) A clothed search alone; or
(c) An unclothed search.
(9) Clothed and unclothed searches will be
conducted by an employee of the same gender.
(10) No visitor will be asked to submit to a
search except upon consent as provided in OAR
291-041-0035.
(11) Should a visitor withdraw consent at any
time once a search has been initiated, the searching officer shall discontinue
the search immediately. The visit will not be allowed.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075
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