Florida Administrative Code › 33 - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS › 33 - Departmental › Chapter 33-601 - CLASSIFICATION AND CENTRAL RECORDS › Section 33-601.723 - Visitation Check-In Procedures

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1)
				Pursuant to Rule  33-601.722, F.A.C., approved
				visitors must have requested to schedule a visitation session in advance by
				accessing the Department's automated visitation scheduling system on the
				Department's public website and have been approved for the current session
				before arriving at the institution
(2) No more than five approved visitors,
				twelve years of age or older, may visit an inmate in the visiting area at any
				one time. Children eleven years old and younger do not count against the five
				approved visitors.
(3) A visitor's
				initial check-in shall take place in a location that minimizes weather exposure
				and provides restrooms.
(4)
				Visitors shall be required to register for the current visitation session
				through the automated visiting record. Failing to do so or providing false
				information shall result in denial or termination of the visit and suspension
				of visitation privileges.
(5) All
				visitors sixteen years of age or older must present a valid form of picture
				identification for visitation registration. Acceptable forms of identification
				are identification cards that contain a photograph, current address, and date
				of birth and physical characteristics of the individual. Signatures are not
				required if the identification otherwise complies with all other standards of
				proper identification.
(6) A
				visitor seventeen years old or younger who cannot furnish proof of emancipation
				must be accompanied during a visit by an approved parent, legal guardian, or
				authorized adult and must remain under the supervision of that adult at all
				times, including when the minor is subject to being searched under the
				provisions of Rule  33-601.726, F.A.C. An authorized
				non-parental adult accompanying a visiting minor must provide a notarized
				document of guardianship from the minor's parent or legal guardian (neither of
				which may be an inmate except as provided below) granting permission for the
				minor to visit a specifically identified inmate. The document shall be
				notarized by someone other than the non-parental adult accompanying the minor
				and shall be updated every six months from the date of issue. In cases where it
				can be determined that legal custody remains with the incarcerated parent or
				legal guardian and has not been given to another adult by the court, a
				notarized statement from the incarcerated parent or guardian shall be
				acceptable for purposes of authorizing children of the inmate to visit. Any
				such authorization remains subject to any relevant court orders or relevant
				departmental rules regarding the inmate's contact with the minor in question.
				Falsification of a document of guardianship shall result in the person being
				subject to suspension of visitation privileges pursuant to Rule
				 33-601.731, F.A.C.
(7) All visitors twelve years of age or older
				are subject to periodic onsite background checks via fingerprint scan prior to
				entry into any institution.
(a) Without
				exception, entry into the institution will be denied if the background check
				reveals any of the following:
1. The visitor
				has an active warrant for their arrest;
2. The visitor has an active protective order
				or injunction against the inmate;
3. The inmate has an active protective order
				or injunction against the visitor;
4. The visitor has an open criminal case that
				is pending disposition;
5. The
				visitor has been arrested since becoming an approved
				visitor.