Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Title 77 - JAIL STANDARDS BOARD
Chapter 8 - STANDARDS FOR COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES - MAIL, VISITING AND TELEPHONE SERVICE
Section 77-8-003 - Visiting Services

Universal Citation: 77 NE Admin Rules and Regs ch 8 ยง 003

Current through March 20, 2024

All community residential facilities shall establish policies and procedures for inmate visitation in accordance with the following requirements:

003.01 In all facilities there shall be opportunities for inmate visitation with clergy, counselors, and legal representatives.

003.01A Attorneys, legal representatives, Clergy providing religious counseling, physicians, probation/parole officers, and mental health and addiction therapists shall be allowed to visit at any reasonable time for any reasonable length of time. Visits between inmates and visitors of the types identified herein shall be contact visits unless the inmate or visitors indicate otherwise or unless the facility administrator has reasonable grounds to believe a contact visit would present a threat to facility security.

003.01B The facility administrator may establish reasonable procedures to require identification of any person who presents himself or herself as a professional identified herein who is requesting contact visitation with an inmate detained in the facility.

003.01C Contact visits between inmates and professionals identified herein, shall be in a private area or room so as to allow for confidential communication among up to four (4) people with adequate writing space. Such visits shall not be monitored, except that facility employees may visually observe the visitation through glazed observation panels or by means of closed circuit television as necessary to maintain appropriate levels of security.

003.02 In all community residential facilities, each inmate shall be allowed at least two (2) personal visits per week.

003.02A Inmates receive approved visitors except where there is substantial evidence that the visitor poses a threat to the safety and security of the facility, staff or the inmate.

003.02B Inmates shall be allowed at least two (2) hours of visiting time each week in two (2) or more visits. Visits shall not be limited to less than one-half (1/2) hour.

003.02C Enough hours shall be set aside weekly to fulfill the visiting requirements of all inmates housed in the facility.

003.02D Provisions are made for special visits.

003.02E At the discretion of the facility administrator, visits may be of the contact type.

003.03 All visitors shall be required to register their names and provide all other information required in the visitor's register described in Chapter 3, paragraph002.04.

003.04 For contact visits, visitors may be required to submit to a pat search procedure. Searches performed on visitors shall be documented. If the visitor does not wish to submit to a search when there is reasonable suspicion related to safety and security concerns, the facility administrator may restrict the visit to a non-contact type. Where there is substantial evidence that the visitor poses a threat to the safety of the inmate or the security of the facility, or is a threat to introduce contraband into the facility, the visit may be denied.

003.04A Female visitors shall be searched by female employees and male visitors shall be searched by male staff.

003.05 Inmates shall be allowed to accept from visitors only those items approved by the facility administrator.

003.06 Visitors who refuse to abide by any policy or procedure concerning visiting may be denied the privilege of visiting.

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