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What You Can't Bring to Albemarle Corrections Facility: Electronics, Contraband, and Screening

Visiting Albemarle Corrections Facility? Plan ahead—electronics like cell phones are treated as contraband, and you'll go through security screening before you're allowed inside.

• 2 min read • dac.nc.gov
What You Can't Bring to Albemarle Corrections Facility: Electronics, Contraband, and Screening

Cell phones and other electronics are classified as contraband at Albemarle Corrections Facility - they're not allowed inside, period. Showing up with prohibited items can slow down your entry or end your visit before it starts. Double-check what you're leaving behind before you head out.

Reminder: Cell phones are considered contraband and can’t be brought into Albemarle Corrections Facility.

What You Can't Bring to Albemarle Corrections Facility: Electronics, Contraband, and Screening

Prohibited List

  • ✓ Cell phones
  • ✓ Smartwatches
  • ✓ Cameras
  • ✓ Recording devices
  • ✓ Smart/AI glasses

Note: These electronics and recording devices are treated as prohibited items for entry at Albemarle Corrections Facility.

You'll go through security screening when you arrive. Everyone passes through a metal detector before entering.

Beyond the metal detector, visitors 16 and older get a pat/frisk search and an electronic-device scan. These checks help keep contraband out of the facility. Refuse, and you won't be allowed inside.

Tip: If you’re 16 or older, plan on a pat/frisk search and electronic-device screening as part of the entry process.

The easiest way to avoid problems? Leave prohibited electronics at home - your phone, smartwatch, camera, recording devices, and smart/AI glasses. Not sure if something counts as prohibited? Check the facility's current rules before you go so you don't risk being turned away.

  1. Review what’s prohibited before you leave - cell phones are contraband, and other common electronics are also not allowed inside.
  2. Head out without prohibited devices - don’t bring electronics that could be flagged during entry screening.
  3. Arrive ready for screening - you’ll need to clear a metal detector, and visitors 16+ should expect a pat/frisk and electronic-device search.

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