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CONTACT VISITING
Visits with family and friends are an important part of any treatment program. Inmates will
be encouraged and given the opportunity to maintain constructive community contacts. The
atmosphere for visiting will be as informal and open as is consistent with Ketchikan
Correctional Center limitations and individual custody needs.
Visits will occur within the guidelines of
22 AAC 05.130.
RULES OF CONTACT VISITING
The prisoner and visitor for contact visits may embrace and kiss at the beginning and end
of the visiting period, but not for extended periods of time. Hand holding during the visit is
also permissible;
Petting and/or other sexual activities are prohibited;
The prisoner and visitor(s) must sit in separate chairs during visitation;
Small children may be allowed to sit on a relative prisoners lap at the discretion of the staff
member supervising visitation;
Visitors are responsible for keeping their children under control. Unruly, uncontrolled and
disruptive children may be cause to terminate a visit;
Smoking is prohibited;
Violation of a visitation rule is cause for termination of a visit;
Any action which contributes a disturbance, as determined by the staff member supervising
visitation, may terminate a visit;
Only those non-staff persons who are actually visiting prisoners will be permitted in the
visiting area during visitation;
Visitors and prisoners may not exchange any object during visiting. Approved gifts from
visitors, however, will normally be limited to money;
Visitors with infants shall be required to leave the visiting area in order to nurse them. This
applies to bottle feeding as well, since bottles and other baby supplies are not permitted in
the visiting area.
VISITOR DRESS
Visitors must be appropriately attired when entering Ketchikan Correctional Center. When
attire is deemed inappropriate, the situation shall be brought to the attention of the Shift
Supervisor. Clothing so similar as to confuse identification between visitors and prisoner
must be closely monitored.
Visitors may be denied visitation if attire is deemed inappropriate by the Shift Supervisor.
DRESS CODE FOR VISITORS
A shirt and trousers for men, and a blouse or shirt, and slacks or a dress for women.
Cut-offs, shorts and beach-type clothing are not acceptable.
Footwear must be worn at all times.
Hats will not be worn in the visiting rooms.
PROPERTY LOCKERS
All visitors must secure all personal property in the lockers provided before entering the
facility.
All visitors are responsible for their property, the Department Of Corrections will assume
no liability in the event of loss.
VISITATION is subject to rules which have been set by Statewide policy. All rules must
be followed. Violation of the rules can result in the loss of visiting privileges.
VISITATION is subject to cancellation or interruption at any time based on the security
requirements of the facility.
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