How to visit, scheduling, dress code, and visitor requirements
Visiting a youth at Bay Correctional Facility is restricted to approved visitors: parents, grandparents, and legal guardians. Anyone else needs a court order or specific approval from the superintendent or designee. Want to add someone to the approved list or arrange a special visit? Contact the youth's Juvenile Probation Officer. When you arrive, bring a photo ID, sign in and out on the youth's Visitor's Log, and expect electronic screening. Visitation areas may be searched before and after visits. Leave personal items like keys, purses, and packages outside secure areas—bringing unauthorized items inside is a third-degree felony. Visits can be denied or cut short for disruptive behavior, refusing a search, missing ID, or appearing under the influence. Future visiting privileges may also be suspended.
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Your first visit goes smoother when you keep it simple: bring a valid photo ID, leave personal items outside the secure area, and be ready to sign in and out on the youth's Visitor's Log.
Not the youth's parent, grandparent, or legal guardian? You won't be automatically cleared to visit at Dade C.I. — but you can still request approval through the right channels.
First-time visits can feel stressful, but check-in gets a lot easier when you know what to expect. Here's a step-by-step look at visitor check-in at Dade C.I., based on Florida DJJ visitation rules—plus what you should verify locally before leaving home.
Your first visit to Bay Regional can feel nerve-wracking, especially with all the security rules. Here's what to expect—searches, room checks, and what can get a visit cut short or denied.
Visitation can get blocked for simple reasons—usually because the visitor wasn't on the approved list. Here's who's automatically approved at Bay Regional Juvenile Detention Center, who needs special approval, and what to do if you need to add someone.
Parents, grandparents, and legal guardians are approved visitors at Bay Correctional Facility. Other visitors are allowed only with a court order or specific approval from the superintendent or designee. To request additions to the visitor list or arrange a special visit, contact the youth’s Juvenile Probation Officer.
You must present a photo ID to enter for a visit, and you’ll be subject to an electronic search while following officer instructions. Entry can be denied if you refuse screening, don’t have ID, appear under the influence, or are disruptive.
No—visitors may not bring personal items such as keys, purses, or packages into secure areas. Visitation rooms can be searched before and after visits, and introducing unauthorized items into the facility is a third-degree felony. Noncompliance can end a visit and may lead to suspended future visitation privileges.
If your child takes prescription medication or has ongoing health needs, some prep work now can prevent delays once they arrive at Bay Regional. Here's what you need to know about the consent form DJJ uses, how to bring medications so they'll actually be accepted, the rules around forced medication, and who covers medical costs while your child is in custody.
Worried about safety, security, or services at Bay Regional Juvenile Detention Center? Don't wait. Call the Central Communications Center (CCC) right away. Fax and mail options are available for documentation or non-urgent follow-up.
The first day in detention is usually a blur for families. Here's what happens during your child's first 24 hours at Bay Regional Juvenile Detention Center—from the initial health screening to the daily routine that follows.
