Minnesota Administrative Rules

2945.2520 PRISONER VISITATION.

Subpart 1.

Initial visits for juveniles (mandatory).

The initial visit for parents, guardians, and attorneys must be permitted at any time.

Subp. 2.

Visiting plan.

Each facility administrator shall develop and implement a prisoner visiting policy. The policy shall be in writing and shall provide at a minimum:

A.

That prisoners be allowed nonmonitored visits with the prisoner's attorney.

B.

A schedule that specifies days and times for visits (not applicable to Class III and IV municipal holding facilities.)

C.

A uniform number of permissible visits and the number of visitors permitted per visit (not applicable to Class III and IV municipal holding facilities).

D.

For adult prisoners, an initial visit with a member or members of their immediate family at the next regularly scheduled visiting period (not applicable to Class III and IV municipal holding facilities).

E.

That when a visit to a prisoner is denied on the belief that the visit might endanger the security of the facility, the action and reasons for denial be documented.

F.

That visitors must register, giving name, address, relationship to prisoner, and nature of business.

G.

That visiting must not be audio monitored.

H.

That visits by parents, guardians, and attorneys with juvenile prisoners be as unrestricted as is administratively possible.

I.

That prisoners be allowed private meetings for family problems with clergy, nuns, seminarians, and laypersons active in community church affairs, who provide appropriate credentials, to the extent that such visits do not compromise the facility's security (not applicable to Class IV).

Statutory Authority:

MS s 241.021

History:

17 SR 711

Published Electronically:

September 27, 2013