Or. Admin. Code § 291-127-0480

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 12, December 1, 2024

Section 291-127-0480 - Security Screening

(1) Visitors must be processed through a security checkpoint to access the visiting area within all Department of Corrections facilities. Security employees screen all visitors and search any authorized hand-carried items.

(2) Lockers may be provided for visitor use to store purses, carrying cases, or other personal items until the visit is over.

(3) Visitors are encouraged to let employee know of any personal needs or concerns due to religious or cultural considerations, disability, or other medical reasons.

(4) Any visitor who exhibits indication of use or appears to be under the influence of alcohol, marijuana, narcotics, or other intoxicants shall not be permitted to visit.

(5) Processing may require the removal of shoes, jackets, sweaters, suspenders, belts or other accessories for closer inspection or separate processing of the item.

(6) Excessive jewelry, areas of the body that have body piercings or undergarments with metal clasps or adjusters often alarm metal detectors and may delay or even prevent visiting. Visitors may be asked to remove body piercings or excessive jewelry to expedite the screening process.

(7) For security purposes, initial screening of visitors will be done by metal detector. For most visitors, successfully completing the scan by metal detector and the related inspection of clothing and authorized personal items will alleviate the need for additional screening.

(a) At facilities equipped with a functioning walk-through metal detector, all visitors must successfully pass through the detector unless a visitor has a documented medical condition or disability that would prevent the visitor from passing through the detector.

(b) At facilities without a functioning walk-through metal detector, a hand-wand type of metal detector may be used.

(8) Additional screening will occur when a metal detector alarms, a visitor is selected for additional screening, or the visitor has provided documentation to substantiate a condition that prevents successful screening by metal detector. Additional screening may include:

(a) A hand-wand inspection in conjunction with a clothed search of the visitor's body, including the torso;

(b) A clothed search alone; or

(c) An unclothed search.

(9) Clothed and unclothed searches will be conducted by an employee of the same gender.

(10) No visitor will be asked to submit to a search except upon consent as provided in OAR 291-041-0035.

(11) Should a visitor withdraw consent at any time once a search has been initiated, the searching officer shall discontinue the search immediately. The visit will not be allowed.

Or. Admin. Code § 291-127-0480

DOC 12-2019, adopt filed 6/24/2019, effective 7/1/2019; DOC 22-2024, amend filed 10/08/2024, effective 10/8/2024

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075