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Chapter 5 – Adult Custody and Security Operations

Article 19 – Arrest, Search, and Seizure

Revised December 16, 2014

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52050.18 Family Visit Search

  • Visitors to family visiting units shall be searched to ensure that no contraband or unauthorized items enter the institution grounds.

    • During processing of inmate visitors, all authorized items to be brought into the institutional family visiting area shall be thoroughly searched.

    • Items which are not authorized shall not be allowed inside the institution and shall be secured off the institutional grounds by the visitor.

    • In the event felonious contraband (weapons, narcotics, etc.) is discovered in the possession or in the property of a visitor, procedure as described in DOMDepartment Operations Manual 52050.17 shall be followed.