416-420-0010 Facility Access (1) OYA acknowledges the importance of partnerships with community members, knowing that the effectiveness of those partnerships is increased when community members understand the services offered by OYA. OYA recognizes the importance of interaction between youth in custody with family and members of the community. Such access allows youth in custody to maintain contact with their families and community, and contributes to effective planning for a youth in custody's treatment needs. (2) OYA controls access to its facilities to maintain the security, safety, and order within the facilities. (a) Approval to enter a facility is granted by the facility’s superintendent or camp director. This approval may be delegated according to OYA policy. Any person may be denied access to a facility or facility premises if it would compromise the security, safety, or order within the facility or facility premises. (b) Requests to enter a facility require advance notice, according to OYA policy and local operating protocol. (c) Persons who enter OYA facilities must be supervised by OYA staff in accordance with relevant OYA rules, policies, or contracts. Contact with youth in custody is prohibited, unless authorized by the facility superintendent or camp director. (d) Persons who enter OYA facility premises may not photograph, film, or otherwise record youth in custody or the facility premises without express consent of the facility superintendent or camp director. (e) Persons must conform to all relevant security and control procedures enforced at the facility. Failure to do so is grounds for refusal of entry or removal if entry has already been gained. (A) Facility staff must notify persons of relevant rules, policies, procedures, and protocols prior to the person’s entry into the facility. (B) Persons may be asked to submit to a physical search (may include use of visual inspection, metal detectors, or other electronic devices), and personal property search. (C) Persons may be subject to an electronic criminal records check. (D) The facility may place limitations on the type of property that is allowed within the secure perimeter of the facility. Visitors must not possess or carry onto the grounds of any OYA facility explosive devices, firearms, weapons, ammunition, pocketknives, alcohol-containing fluids or beverages, cannabinoids or paraphernalia, narcotics, dangerous drugs, aerosol spray cans, or objects or material of any kind that might be used to compromise the safety and security of the facility. (E) Cameras, recording devices, cell phones, and other electronic devices must be stored in a vehicle or locker while a person is on a facility premises, unless specifically authorized in writing by the facility superintendent or camp director. Any use of such devices on a facility premises must follow OAR 416-060 Media Relations and related OYA policies. (F) Persons must not enter or remain unlawfully on a facility premises. The term “enter or remain unlawfully” is defined in ORS 164.205(3). Persons must leave the facility premises when lawfully directed to do so by the facility superintendent or designee, or camp director or designee. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 420A.025 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 162.135, ORS 162.185, ORS 419C.478, ORS 420A.010 & ORS 420A.100 History: OYA 14-2023, amend filed 05/08/2023, effective 05/08/2023 OYA 6-2011, f. 9-14-11, cert. ef. 9-15-11 OYA 22-2005, f. & cert. ef. 9-19-05 OYA 2-1995, f. 12-19-95, cert. ef. 1-2-96