Chapter 5 – Adult Custody and Security Operations

54020.3 Definitions

• Minor

  • As used in this Section, a minor is an unemancipated person, under 18 years of age, who is not the spouse of the inmate being visited.

• Clothed Body Search

  • A clothed body search entails individuals being physically searched by staff. Staff will use their hands to conduct a security search of the person in question. Additionally, staff may use other detection devices to conduct such security searches. Individuals may also be asked to remove outer garments, heavy clothing, and/or shoes to complete the security search.

• Unclothed Body Search

  • An unclothed body search may consist of the removal of a portion or all of an individual’s clothing so as to permit a visual inspection by staff of the body and body cavities for security reasons. Additionally, staff may use other non-intrusive detection devices to conduct the security search of the person in question.

• Immediate Family Members

  • In accordance with California Code of Regulations (CCRCalifornia Code of Regulations), Title 15, Division 3, Section 3000, immediate family members are defined as:

    • Legal spouse.

    • Registered domestic partner.

    • Natural parents.

    • Adoptive parents, if the adoption occurred and a family relationship existed prior to the inmate’s incarceration.

    • Stepparents or foster parents.

    • Grandparents.

    • Brother or sister, stepbrother or stepsister, foster brother or foster sister.

    • Natural children, adoptive children, and grandchildren of the inmate.

    • The inmate’s legal stepchildren.

    • Aunts, uncles, and cousins are not considered immediate family members unless a bona fide foster relationship exists.

• Exclusion

  • An administrative action by the Director or institution head to bar, for cause, a person from entering a CDCRCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation institution/facility when that person would otherwise be permitted to enter.

• Suspension

  • An action by the institution head or designee, which temporarily ceases the visiting program or suspends an individual visitor’s access to the visiting program for a specified time.

• Termination

  • An action by the official in charge of visiting, which ends a visit in progress.

• Revocation

  • The denial of visiting privileges or access to the institution/facility for an indeterminate length of time when visiting has been previously approved.