Chapter 5 – Adult Custody and Security Operations

54020.14.2 Documentation of Information Leading to a Search of a Visitor

• When staff obtains information that indicates that a visitor may be in possession of contraband on institution/facility property, the employee shall document the information on a confidential memorandum.

• The report shall include:

  • The name and number of the inmate(s) intended to be visited.

  • Visitor’s name, physical description, personal relationship to the inmate; e.g., wife, sister, brother, etc. (if known).

  • Specific details of the circumstances.

  • Means by which the documenting employee obtained information.

• The report shall be personally delivered to the correctional custody captain or designated staff for approval to conduct an unclothed body search of the designated person.

• A written report documenting the reason for any exceptional probable cause search of a visitor’s person, property, or vehicle shall be submitted to the institution head or designee by the official in charge of visiting no later than the first working day following the incident. This report will also include any visitor’s response and the results of the search.

• A copy of the SOMSStrategic Offender Management Notice of Visitor Warning/Termination/Suspension/Denial/Revocation, with all confidential information redacted shall be given to the inmate whom the person visited or intended to visit, and to the prospective visitor(s).