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Chapter 10.7. Prison Visitation of California Penal Code >> Title 7. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 10.7.
Any amendments to existing regulations and any future
regulations adopted by the Department of Corrections which may impact
the visitation of inmates shall do all of the following:
(a) Recognize and consider the value of visiting as a means to improve the safety of prisons for both staff and inmates.
(b) Recognize and consider the important role of inmate visitation in establishing and maintaining a meaningful connection with family and community.
(c) Recognize and consider the important role of inmate visitation in preparing an inmate for successful release and rehabilitation.
(a) Recognize and consider the value of visiting as a means to improve the safety of prisons for both staff and inmates.
(b) Recognize and consider the important role of inmate visitation in establishing and maintaining a meaningful connection with family and community.
(c) Recognize and consider the important role of inmate visitation in preparing an inmate for successful release and rehabilitation.
The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) shall
develop policies related to the department's contraband interdiction
efforts for individuals entering CDCR detention facilities. When
developed, these policies shall include, but not be limited to, the
following specifications:
(a) Application to all individuals, including visitors, all department staff, including executive staff, volunteers, and contract employees.
(b) Use of methods to ensure that profiling is not practiced during random searches or searches of all individuals entering the prison at that time.
(c) Establishment of unpredictable, random search efforts and methods that ensures that no one, except department employees specifically designated to conduct the random search, shall have advance notice of when a random search is scheduled.
(d) All visitors attempting to enter a CDCR detention facility shall be informed that they may refuse to be searched by a passive alert dog.
(e) All visitors attempting to enter a CDCR detention facility who refuse to be searched by a passive alert dog shall be informed of options, including, but not limited to, the availability of a noncontact visit.
(f) All individuals attempting to enter a CDCR detention facility, who have a positive alert for contraband by an electronic drug detection device, a passive alert dog, or other technology, shall be informed of further potential search or visitation options.
(g) Establishment of a method by which an individual may demonstrate an authorized health-related use of a controlled substance when a positive alert is noted by an electronic drug detection device, a passive alert dog, or other technology.
(h) Establishment of specific requirements for additional search options when multiple positive alerts occur on an individual employee within a specified timeframe.
(i) In determining which additional search options to offer visitors and staff, CDCR shall consider the use of full-body scanners.
(j) CDCR shall, within two years of implementation of the policy described in this section, conduct an evaluation of the policy. This evaluation shall include, but not be limited to, the impact of the policy on:
(1) The amount of contraband, including drugs and cellular phones, found in the prisons where the policy was implemented.
(2) The number of staff assaults that occurred in the prisons where the policy was implemented.
(3) The number of serious rules violation reports issued in prisons where the policy was implemented, including any reduction in offender violence.
(a) Application to all individuals, including visitors, all department staff, including executive staff, volunteers, and contract employees.
(b) Use of methods to ensure that profiling is not practiced during random searches or searches of all individuals entering the prison at that time.
(c) Establishment of unpredictable, random search efforts and methods that ensures that no one, except department employees specifically designated to conduct the random search, shall have advance notice of when a random search is scheduled.
(d) All visitors attempting to enter a CDCR detention facility shall be informed that they may refuse to be searched by a passive alert dog.
(e) All visitors attempting to enter a CDCR detention facility who refuse to be searched by a passive alert dog shall be informed of options, including, but not limited to, the availability of a noncontact visit.
(f) All individuals attempting to enter a CDCR detention facility, who have a positive alert for contraband by an electronic drug detection device, a passive alert dog, or other technology, shall be informed of further potential search or visitation options.
(g) Establishment of a method by which an individual may demonstrate an authorized health-related use of a controlled substance when a positive alert is noted by an electronic drug detection device, a passive alert dog, or other technology.
(h) Establishment of specific requirements for additional search options when multiple positive alerts occur on an individual employee within a specified timeframe.
(i) In determining which additional search options to offer visitors and staff, CDCR shall consider the use of full-body scanners.
(j) CDCR shall, within two years of implementation of the policy described in this section, conduct an evaluation of the policy. This evaluation shall include, but not be limited to, the impact of the policy on:
(1) The amount of contraband, including drugs and cellular phones, found in the prisons where the policy was implemented.
(2) The number of staff assaults that occurred in the prisons where the policy was implemented.
(3) The number of serious rules violation reports issued in prisons where the policy was implemented, including any reduction in offender violence.
