How to Visit Facility

Before heading to ASPC Tucson-Rincon Unit, expect more than a standard walk-through metal detector. Visitors may also need to clear "magneto poles" as part of the entry screening process.

If you're an adult visitor who can't clear the metal detector or magneto poles, staff may offer a pat search as an alternative. This gives you another option if the devices keep flagging you.

This guide doesn't cover visiting hours, how to get approved, rules for minors, ID requirements, dress code, property limits, or fees. Check those details directly with the facility before you travel so you don't waste the trip.

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• ✓ Be ready to clear both the walk-through metal detector and magneto poles before you can enter.
• ✓ If you are an adult and you cannot be cleared by the devices, be prepared for staff to ask whether you will submit to a pat search.

• ✓ If you do not clear screening, expect to be sent back to your car and denied the visit for that day (unless you are found with contraband).

1. Confirm the screening setup. Ask whether visitors must clear magneto poles as well as the walk-through metal detector.
2. Ask what happens if you cannot clear. Verify whether adult visitors may be offered a pat search as the next step when the metal detector or magneto poles cannot be cleared.

1. Verify the consequence of a failed screen. Confirm that not clearing means returning to your car and being prohibited from visiting that day, and ask how staff handle that in practice.
2. Ask about exceptions and escalation. Find out if there are any exceptions, who makes the decision, and what options you have if you are turned away at screening.