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Visitor Dress Code

Visitors’ Dress Code (effective March 2, 2011)

To provide for the safety and security of Department staff, inmates and visitors and to maintain a family-friendly environment, visitors must wear appropriate clothing to visit inmates.  Overly suggestive clothing and clothing in which contraband and non-permissible items can be hidden are not permitted.  When meeting with an inmate, visitors may only wear a single layer of clothing (except those visitors required  to wear a cover-up garment) and NO ACCESSORIES. 

Visitors WILL NOT be permitted onto the visit floor of a jail if they are wearing any of the following:

  • Clothing with holes or rips that are located more than three inches above the knee
  • Hooded garments
  • Hats and head coverings (excluding religious head coverings)
  • Clothing identifying a specific gang by name or logo
  • Clothing that makes explicit reference to obscene language, drugs, sex or violence
  • Swimming attire
  • See-through garments
  • Uniforms
  • Jewelry (excluding a wedding ring and one religious medal no more than two inches in diameter hung on chain of one quarter-inch or less in diameter and no longer than 24 inches
  • Tops, including dresses, which expose the chest, stomach or back
  • Shorts, skirts or dresses the hem of which is more than three inches above the knee
  • Spandex leggings unless covered by tops, shorts, skirts or dresses the hem of which is no more than three inches above the knee
  • Outer garments including coats, shawls, ponchos, jackets, vests, gloves, or over-boots or overshoes (outer boots or shoes that slip over other shoes)

    Visitors must wear undergarments.

    Visitors whose attire violates the dress code will be permitted a contact visit if they agree to wear a cover-up garment provided by the Department.  Visitors who refuse to wear a cover-up garment provided by the Department will be denied a visit.  
 
 

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