Sec. 12.02.16.06. Visitor Searches

A. The Commissioner shall require a visitor to pass through a metal detector or be searched by a scanning device upon entering all Division facilities, except prerelease units.

B. The Commissioner shall ensure that each warden establishes procedures to frisk search visitors randomly on a daily basis.

C. When a frisk search is conducted, the individual conducting a search shall be the same sex as the person being searched.

D. A visitor shall complete and sign a consent to search form.

E. The Commissioner shall ensure that a warden establish procedures to maintain a copy of the consent to search form in the base file of an inmate being visited. The Commissioner shall ensure that the original copy of this form is kept on file by the warden.

F. The Commissioner shall ensure that a visitor who refuses to submit to a search is denied visiting privileges for that day.

G. If a visitor possesses contraband in violation of the criminal statute, the contraband shall be confiscated and a law enforcement agency notified.