Branchville Visiting Checklist: ID, Dress Code, and Items to Leave at Home
Anyone 16 or older needs photo ID for every visit - no exceptions. Accepted forms include a valid driver's license or state photo ID card from your state of residence, an active-duty military photo ID, or a valid passport.
Dress Code
- ✓ Wear undergarments.
- ✓ Wear a shirt/blouse with sleeves.
- ✓ Wear shoes (infants who are carried are exempt).
- ✓ If you wear a dress, skirt, or shorts, make sure it’s no shorter than 2 inches above the knee and has no deep slits.
Leave the tight-fitting pants at home. Stirrup pants, lycra, and leggings aren't allowed for visitors. Same goes for jewelry - only a wedding band or wedding set is permitted in the visitation area.
Prohibited Items
- ✓ Firearms, weapons, knives, or ammunition
- ✓ Narcotics, controlled substances, alcoholic beverages, marijuana, or tobacco/tobacco-related items
- ✓ Electronic devices and recording equipment (including cameras, cell phones, pagers, and other audio/video equipment)
Note: Medications generally aren’t allowed in the visiting area - only certain life-saving or life-sustaining medications are treated as exceptions.
Bringing an infant? Two exceptions to know: shoes are required in the visiting area, but infants being carried are exempt. Baby items are limited - you can bring one clear plastic baby bottle and/or pacifier, plus one diaper.
Pre Visit Checklist
- ✓ If you’re 16 or older, bring an accepted photo ID every visit (valid driver’s license from your state of residence, valid state photo ID from your state of residence, valid active-duty military photo ID, or valid passport).
- ✓ Register for a ViaPath account and get approved before you try to schedule an in-person or online visit.
- ✓ Dress for the dress code: undergarments on, a shirt/blouse with sleeves, and shoes (infants who are carried don’t need shoes).
- ✓ Avoid prohibited clothing: no tight-fitting pants like stirrup pants, lycra, or leggings.
- ✓ Keep skirts/shorts/dresses at least 2 inches above the knee and avoid deep slits.
- ✓ Leave jewelry at home (a wedding band or wedding set is the only exception).
- ✓ Leave prohibited items at home: firearms/weapons/knives/ammunition; narcotics/controlled substances; alcohol; marijuana; tobacco/tobacco-related items.
- ✓ Don’t bring electronics or recording equipment (including cameras, cell phones, pagers, or other audio/video devices).
- ✓ If you’re bringing a baby, the only baby items allowed in the visiting area are one clear plastic bottle and/or pacifier and one diaper.
Note: You must be registered and approved on ViaPath before you can schedule in-person visits or online visits.
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